Japuji Saheb - he is the primal being

oh yogi, assume the posture of contentment and modesty.
pick up the carrying bag of dignity and honor,
and apply the sacred ash of meditation.

establish death as your bedroll; make a maiden of your body.
let experience be your staff of liberation,
and consider the unity of all as your first principle.

to conquer the mind is to conquer the world.
if you must bow, bow to him.

he is the primal being, pure, without beginning or end.
he is the unstruck sound.
he is immutable through all time.

make knowledge your pleasure
and compassion your storehouse.
make a conch shell of the eternal music
playing in every being.

he alone is a master in whom all beings are intertwined,
while the search for supernatural powers is a false path.

the law of union and separation governs all things,
and destiny determines our just inheritance.

if you must bow, bow to him.
he is the primal being, pure, without beginning or end;
he is the unstruck sound.
he is immutable through all time.