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222 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.

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.

In fear 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 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; Nanak, the Formless One, the True, is alone without fear.