Nanak, having tried to describe the fruit of communion with the Word, in the preceding four stanzas, now goes on to tell about the state of one who has attuned his will with the Divine Will which cannot be described, as His Will is beyond description. The idea of the controlling power in this world may be said to be the Divine Will. God Himself is Formless, but He assumed Form, He became the Word or Naam. It was from this Word that the various planes of creation sprang into existence, one below the other. He who practises the Word, i.e. withdraws his soul from the body and lets it be drawn up by the power of the Divine Music of the Word, can progress from one Spiritual Plane to another, until he reaches the very Source and becomes one with it. As he proceeds on the journey, his mental and Spiritual Horizons widen. His soul is cleansed of its past sins and freed from the binding chains of karma. It thus transcends suffering and escapes from the wheel of transmigration. Once one has attained true salvation, one can help others on the Path as well. Great indeed is the Power of the Word, but unfortunately there are very few who know it. All this occupies stanzas 12 to 15.
Stanza XII
None can describe the condition of one who has made God’s Will his own; whoever tries to do so, must realise his folly. No supply of paper, pen or scribe can ever describe the state of such a one. Oh, great is the Power of the Word; but few there be that know it.