Japuji Saheb - he is the true reality

by skillful means one maya
has given birth to three disciples:
brahma, the creator;
vishnu, the sustainer;
and shiva, the destroyer.

god directs them by his will and his order.
he watches them but they cannot see him;
that is the wonder of wonders.

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.

all the worlds are his abode, and all worlds his storehouse.
he has them filled for all time with all worth attaining.
the creator creates, and oversees it all.

says nanak, he is the true reality and all his works are true.
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.