One cannot comprehend It through reason,
even if one reasoned for ages;
Once cannot achieve inner peace by outward silence,
not though one sat dumb for ages;
One cannot buy contentment with all the riches of the world,
nor reach It with all mental ingenuity.
How may one know the Truth
and break through the cloud of falsehood?
There is a way, O Nanak, to make Its will our own,
Its will which is already wrought in our existence.