ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
There is but One all embracing and all-powerful Divinity, Who manifests Himself first in the shape of the sacred word, and then through the whole created Universe.
He is the One-in-All and the All-in-One. He is the Eternal Reality, and His name Satnam is also Eternal.
He is the Creator, and has the power of independent self-creation. He permeates the whole creation.
He is the only male element in the Universe and all else is female. He is above all fear, and is free from all thoughts of enmity. He is immortal, free from birth and rebirth, and can be realized in every created thing.
He is self-existent. The whole universe is dependent for its existence on Him but he is self-existent; the Generator of all, without any one to generate Him.
He can be realized through the grace of the Guru: - The Teacher who is God conscious, and sees Him both within and without.
Note: - All the ten Gurus blessed men and women with the gift of the Divine name. Those who realized the Divine within were called Gurmukhs and were given the right of showing the path of realization to seekers after Truth; through meditation on the Divine name.
Nanak begs the dust of the feet of that Gurmukh who himself meditates on the Divine name, and shows other the path of so doing.
Guru Gobind Singh says, “He who has realized the Divine within is the True Khalsa. He is at-one with God and myself.”