Re: Nanak is the Guru, Nanak is the Lord Himself.
Khojat Ji,
Here are some references from Sri Granth about nether worlds. It would provide both you and me a more wholesome picture on how it appears in different shabads.
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Page 2, Line 17
ਸੁਣਿਐ ਦੀਪ ਲੋਅ ਪਾਤਾਲ ॥
Suṇi­ai ḏīp lo­a pāṯāl.
Listening-the oceans, the lands of the world and the nether regions of the underworld.
Guru Nanak Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 5, Line 2
ਪਾਤਾਲਾ ਪਾਤਾਲ ਲਖ ਆਗਾਸਾ ਆਗਾਸ ॥
Pāṯālā pāṯāl lakẖ āgāsā āgās.
There are nether worlds beneath nether worlds, and hundreds of thousands of heavenly worlds above.
Guru Nanak Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 7, Line 11
ਪਵਣ ਪਾਣੀ ਅਗਨੀ ਪਾਤਾਲ ॥
Pavaṇ pāṇī agnī pāṯāl.
wind, water, fire and the nether regions -
Guru Nanak Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 62, Line 2
ਆਕਾਸੀ ਪਾਤਾਲਿ ਤੂੰ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਇ ॥
Akāsī pāṯāl ṯūʼn ṯaribẖavaṇ rahi­ā samā­ė.
You are pervading throughout the Akaashic Ethers, the nether regions and the three worlds.
Guru Nanak Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 71, Line 15
ਤੇਰਾ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਸੁਰਗਿ ਮਛਿ ਪਇਆਲਿ ਜੀਉ ॥੧॥
Ŧėrā anṯ na pā­i­ā surag macẖẖ pa­i­āl jī­o. ||1||
Your limits are not known to any of the beings in the heavens, in this world, or in the nether regions of the underworld. ||1||
Guru Nanak Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 74, Line 7
ਤੂੰ ਦੀਪ ਲੋਅ ਪਇਆਲਿਆ ॥
Ŧūʼn ḏīp lo­a pa­i­āli­ā.
You pervade the continents, the worlds and the nether regions;
Guru Arjan Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 126, Line 5
ਘਰ ਮਹਿ ਧਰਤੀ ਧਉਲੁ ਪਾਤਾਲਾ ॥
Gẖar meh ḏẖarṯī ḏẖa­ul pāṯālā.
Within the home of the self is the earth, its support and the nether regions of the underworld.
Guru Amar Das -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 139, Line 10
ਸੁਇਨੇ ਕੈ ਪਰਬਤਿ ਗੁਫਾ ਕਰੀ ਕੈ ਪਾਣੀ ਪਇਆਲਿ ॥
Su­inė kai parbaṯ gufā karī kai pāṇī pa­i­āl.
I may make a cave, in a mountain of gold, or in the water of the nether regions;
Guru Nanak Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 207, Line 5
ਸੁਰਗ ਪਇਆਲ ਮਿਰਤ ਭੂਅ ਮੰਡਲ ਸਰਬ ਸਮਾਨੋ ਏਕੈ ਓਹੀ ॥
Surag pa­i­āl miraṯ bẖū­a mandal sarab samāno ėkai ohī.
In the heavenly paradise, in the nether regions of the underworld, on the planet earth and throughout the galaxies, the One Lord is pervading everywhere.
Guru Arjan Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 227, Line 2
ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਕਮਲੁ ਪਇਆਲਿ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
Barahm kamal pa­i­āl na pā­i­ā.
Brahma entered the lotus, and searched the nether regions, but he did not find the end of it.
Guru Nanak Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 228, Line 18
ਡੋਲੁ ਬਧਾ ਕਸਿ ਜੇਵਰੀ ਆਕਾਸਿ ਪਤਾਲਾ ॥੬॥
Dol baḏẖā kas jėvrī ākās paṯālā. ||6||
Like the bucket tied to the rope in the well, you are pulled up to the Akaashic Ethers, and then lowered down to the nether regions of the underworld. ||6||
Guru Nanak Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 266, Line 2
ਛੂਟਸਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਊਭ ਪਇਆਲਿ ॥
Cẖẖūtas nāhī ūbẖ pa­i­āl.
You cannot escape to the heavens, or to the nether regions,
Guru Arjan Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 276, Line 5
ਕਈ ਕੋਟਿ ਪਾਤਾਲ ਕੇ ਵਾਸੀ ॥
Ka­ī kot pāṯāl kė vāsī.
Many millions inhabit the nether regions.
Guru Arjan Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 277, Line 14
ਕਬਹੂ ਊਭ ਅਕਾਸ ਪਇਆਲ ॥
Kabhū ūbẖ akās pa­i­āl.
Sometimes, they are high in the Akaashic Ethers, sometimes in the nether regions of the underworld.
Guru Arjan Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 284, Line 12
ਨਾਮ ਕੇ ਧਾਰੇ ਆਗਾਸ ਪਾਤਾਲ ॥
Nām kė ḏẖārė āgās pāṯāl.
The Naam is the Support of the Akaashic ethers and the nether regions.
Guru Arjan Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 293, Line 19
ਧਰਨਿ ਮਾਹਿ ਆਕਾਸ ਪਇਆਲ ॥
Ḏẖaran māhi ākās pa­i­āl.
In the earth, in the Akaashic ethers, and in the nether regions of the underworld -
Guru Arjan Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 299, Line 17
ਜਲ ਥਲ ਬਨ ਪਰਬਤ ਪਾਤਾਲ ॥
Jal thal ban parbaṯ pāṯāl.
In the water, on the land, in the forests and mountains, and in the nether regions of the underworld,
Guru Arjan Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 344, Line 5
ਅਰਧ ਉਰਧ ਬਿਚਿ ਸਮ ਪਹਿਚਾਣਿ ॥
Araḏẖ uraḏẖ bicẖ sam pehcẖāṇ.
that you must recognize the Lord in the nether regions of the underworld as well as the heavens.
Devotee Kabir -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 347, Line 9
ਗਾਵਨਿ ਤੁਧਨੋ ਮੋਹਣੀਆ ਮਨੁ ਮੋਹਨਿ ਸੁਰਗੁ ਮਛੁ ਪਇਆਲੇ ॥
Gāvniĥ ṯuḏẖno mohṇī­ā man mohan surag macẖẖ pa­i­ālė.
The Mohinis, the heavenly beauties who entice the heart in paradise, in this world and in the nether regions, sing to You.
Guru Nanak Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 374, Line 11
ਊਚਾ ਚੜੈ ਸੁ ਪਵੈ ਪਇਆਲਾ ॥
Ūcẖā cẖaṛai so pavai pa­i­ālā.
One who climbs high, shall fall into the nether regions of the underworld.
Guru Arjan Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 381, Line 15
ਪਾਤਾਲੀ ਆਕਾਸੀ ਸਖਨੀ ਲਹਬਰ ਬੂਝੀ ਖਾਈ ਰੇ ॥੧॥
Pāṯālī ākāsī sakẖnī lahbar būjẖī kẖā­ī rė. ||1||
The burning desire of the nether regions and the etheric realms is finally quenched and extinguished. ||1||
Guru Arjan Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 443, Line 14
ਇਹੁ ਮਨੂਆ ਖਿਨੁ ਊਭ ਪਇਆਲੀ ਭਰਮਦਾ ਇਕਤੁ ਘਰਿ ਆਣੈ ਰਾਮ ॥
Ih manū­ā kẖin ūbẖ pā­i­ālī bẖarmaḏā ikaṯ gẖar āṇai rām.
One moment, this mind is in the heavens, and the next, it is in the nether regions; the Guru brings the wandering mind back to one-pointedness.
Guru Ram Das -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 464, Line 5
ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਪਾਤਾਲੀ ਆਕਾਸੀ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਸਰਬ ਆਕਾਰੁ ॥
Kuḏraṯ pāṯālī ākāsī kuḏraṯ sarab ākār.
By His Power the nether worlds exist, and the Akaashic ethers; by His Power the entire creation exists.
Guru Nanak Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 503, Line 14
ਮਹਾ ਗੰਭੀਰ ਪਤ੍ਰ ਪਾਤਾਲਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਰਬ ਜੁਆਇਆ ॥
Mahā gambẖīr paṯar pāṯālā Nānak sarab ju­ā­i­ā.
This lotus is very deep; its leaves are the nether regions, and it is connected to the whole universe.
Guru Nanak Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 509, Line 2
ਤਦਹੁ ਆਕਾਸੁ ਨ ਪਾਤਾਲੁ ਹੈ ਨਾ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਲੋਈ ॥
Ŧaḏahu ākās na pāṯāl hai nā ṯarai lo­ī.
At that time, there were no Akaashic Ethers, no nether regions, nor the three worlds.
Guru Amar Das -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 540, Line 8
ਧਰਤਿ ਪਾਤਾਲੁ ਆਕਾਸੁ ਹੈ ਮੇਰੀ ਜਿੰਦੁੜੀਏ ਸਭ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਵੈ ਰਾਮ ॥
Ḏẖaraṯ pāṯāl ākās hai mėrī jinḏuṛī­ė sabẖ har har nām ḏẖi­āvai rām.
The earth, the nether regions of the underworld, and the Akaashic ethers, O my soul, all meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.
Guru Ram Das -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 549, Line 15
ਤੁਧੁ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਦਾਤਾਰੁ ਮੈ ਕੋਈ ਨਦਰਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਤੁਧੁ ਸਭਸੈ ਨੋ ਦਾਨੁ ਦਿਤਾ ਖੰਡੀ ਵਰਭੰਡੀ ਪਾਤਾਲੀ ਪੁਰਈ ਸਭ ਲੋਈ ॥੩॥
Ŧuḏẖ jėvad ḏāṯār mai ko­ī naḏar na āvī ṯuḏẖ sabẖsai no ḏān ḏiṯā kẖandī varbẖandī pāṯālī pur­ī sabẖ lo­ī. ||3||
I see none as great as You, O Great Giver; You give in charity to the beings of all the continents, worlds, solar systems, nether regions and universes. ||3||
Guru Ram Das -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 597, Line 18
ਮਰਤ ਪਇਆਲ ਅਕਾਸੁ ਦਿਖਾਇਓ ਗੁਰਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਧਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ॥
Maraṯ pa­i­āl akās ḏikẖā­i­o gur saṯgur kirpā ḏẖārī jī­o.
In this world, in the nether regions of the underworld, and in the Akaashic Ethers, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Lord; He has showered me with His Mercy.
Guru Nanak Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 676, Line 4
ਸੁਰਗ ਮਿਰਤ ਪਇਆਲ ਭੂ ਮੰਡਲ ਸਗਲ ਬਿਆਪੇ ਮਾਇ ॥
Surag miraṯ pa­i­āl bẖū mandal sagal bi­āpė mā­ė.
Paradise, the earth, the nether regions of the underworld, and the globe of the world - all are engrossed in Maya.
Guru Arjan Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 706, Line 3
ਖੰਡ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੰਡ ਪਾਤਾਲ ਦੀਪ ਰਵਿਆ ਸਭ ਲੋਈ ॥
Kẖand barahmand pāṯāl ḏīp ravi­ā sabẖ lo­ī.
He pervades the continents, solar systems, nether worlds, islands and all worlds.
Guru Arjan Dev -
view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok