Our life is based upon our deeds; the actions we commit are recorded by angels that are present with us all the time. There is no hiding from them, they write down an account of all our deeds. When the time of death comes the angel of death takes us to the court Dharam Raj (God of Justice) there we get judged and we will reap what we have sown. If one lives a righteous life and gets united with God while alive all our karma (actions) are erased and one doesn’t get taken by the angel of death but instead goes straight to God when he/she dies.
All do their deeds under the Lord's Glance of Grace; no one is beyond His Vision. ANG 66 SGGSJ
Chitr and Gupt, the angels of the conscious and the subconscious who keep the record of actions, and the Righteous Judge of Dharma who reads this record, sing of You. ANG 8 SGGSJ
Chitar and Gupat, the recording angels of the conscious and the subconscious, sing to You; they know, and they write, and on the basis of what they write, the Lord of Dharma passes judgement. ANG 347 SGGSJ
Azraa-eel, the Angel of Death, shall be appointed to punish them. ANG 953 SGGSJ
Azraa-eel, the Angel of Death, seizes and tortures them. ANG 1019 SGGSJ
Those who focus their consciousness on the Guru's Feet, they do not fear the judgment of Dharamraj. ANG 1404 SGGSJ
The Gurmukh practices good deeds, and the truth is revealed in the heart. ANG 27 SGGSJ
Tell me, O Siblings of Destiny, the religion for this Dark Age of Kali Yuga. I seek emancipation - how can I be emancipated? Meditation on the Lord, Har, Har, is the boat, the raft; meditating on the Lord, the swimmer swims across.
O Dear Lord, protect and preserve the honor of Your humble servant.O Lord, Har, Har, please make me chant the chant of Your Name; I beg only for Your devotional worship. ||Pause||
The Lord's servants are very dear to the Lord; they chant the Word of the Lord's Bani.
The account of the recording angels, Chitr and Gupt, and the account with the Messenger of Death is totally erased.
The Saints of the Lord meditate on the Lord in their minds; they join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.
The piercing sun of desires has set, and the cool moon has risen. You are the Greatest being, absolutely unapproachable and unfathomable; you created the Universe from Your Own Being.
O God, take pity on servant Nanak, and make him the slave of the slave of your slaves. ANG 668 SGGSJ