Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When we forget to be thankful and cut ourselves off, we feel alone and unhelped.
The fear of endings feels heavier for a heart that has nothing steady to hold.
Chasing only the shiny and fading, we can lose our way and later feel sorry.
Grabbiness and anger and the me-first feeling can wear a person down.
But this is exactly the moment to turn — to speak the Name and find the way back.
The verse continues the warning but the qMonk voice steadily bends it toward rescue. The source describes the "ungrateful" one seized by the "Messenger of Death," "hot irons put to his chest" — again, imagery not rendered to a child. What is kept is the emotional truth underneath: forgetting gratitude and cutting ourselves off leaves us feeling alone and unhelped, and the fear of endings weighs heavier on a heart with nothing steady to hold. The three thieves — kaam krodh ahankaar (grabbiness, anger, ego) — are named as things that "wear a person down," a true and gentle diagnosis. And every line bends toward the turn: "this is exactly the moment to turn." The warning verses of this Chhant, taken together, all point the same way — there is still time, come home.
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