Nanak, in this stanza describes the immense expansion of the soul’s horizon when it enters Gyan Khand or the Realm of Knowledge. Here the devotee sees the manifold nature with all created things. Here he begins to hear the rapturous strains of Melodious Song resounding through the whole creation. Here he feels excessive joy at the conception of Nature with her immutable laws, her infinity of forms and phenomena, multifarious creations and manifold blessings, that he finds.

Stanza XXXV

Thus much of the Realm of Dharma; and now Gyan Khand, the Realm of Knowledge:

Countless its elements, air, water and fire, and countless Krishnas and Shivas, and countless the Brahmas fashioning various creations of countless forms and countless hues. Countless the Fields of Action,1 countless the golden mountains,2 and countless the Dhrus3 meditating therein. Countless the Indras, countless the suns and moons, and countless the earthly and stellar regions; countless the Siddhas, the Buddhas, the Naths, and countless the gods and goddesses. Countless the Danus4 and the Sages, and countless the bejewelled oceans. Countless the sources of creation, countless the harmonies, countless those that listen unto them, and countless the devotees of the Word, endless and unending, oh Nanak! this Realm.

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Explanation: 1) Karm Bhumi: A place where one is endowed with a free will, and reaps the fruits of his own actions. This world is termed as Karm Bhumi for here reigns the principle of action and reaction or cause and effect. 2) Sumer: The golden mountain seen in this Spiritual Plane by the devotees. 3) Dhru: A saint proverbial for his steadfast meditation. 4) Danu: Demigods.