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THE SIKH RELIGION


By Thy power are wind, water, and fire; by Thy power is the earth.

Everything existeth by Thy power; Thou art the omnipotent Creator; Thy name is the holiest of the holy.

Saith Nanak, Thou beholdest and pervadest all things subject to Thy command: Thou art altogether unrivalled.

Pauri III

Man having enjoyed himself becometh ashes, and the soul passeth away.

However great and wealthy a man may be, the ministers of Death throw a chain on his neck and take him away.

There an account of his acts is read; the Judge on his seat taketh the account and passeth sentence.

Such a man shall find no place of shelter; when he is beaten, who will hear his cries?

Man, blind that thou art, thou hast wasted thy life.

Slok IV

Guru Nanak

In fear[1] the winds and breezes ever blow;

In fear flow hundreds of thousands of rivers;

In fear fire performeth its forced labour;

In fear the earth is pressed by its burden;

In fear Indar moveth headlong: in fear sitteth Dharmraj at God's gate;

In fear is the sun, in fear the moon; they travel millions of miles without end;

In fear are the Sidhs, the Budhas, the demigods, and the Naths; in fear are the stars[2] and the firmament;

In fear are wrestlers, very mighty men and divine heroes;

In fear cargoes of men come and go.

God hath destined fear for every one;[3] Nanak, the Formless One, the True, is alone without fear.

  1. The fear of God is, of course, meant.
  2. Adānē, from the Sanskrit ūdūgan. The phrase is also translated—In fear is the firmament extended.
  3. Literally—God hath written the destiny of fear on the heads of all.