ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਭਰਮਦੇ ਮਨਹਠਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥
lakh cha-oraaseeh bharamday manhath aavai jaa-ay.
Through 8.4 million incarnations, people wander lost; in stubborn-mindedness, they come and go.
ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਨ ਚੀਨਿਓ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਜੋਨੀ ਪਾਇ ॥੨॥
gur kaa sabad na cheeni-o fir fir jonee paa-ay. ||2||
They do not realize the Word of the Guru's Shabad; they are reincarnated over and over again. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Through millions and millions of lives, people wander, lost. Stubborn and self-willed, they come and go. Never grasping the Word, they keep being born again and again.
Millions of lives of wandering -- all because the Word goes unrealized.
The classic 8.4 million life-forms -- the vast wheel of transmigration. The cause is ego and stubbornness and not realizing the Shabad. The scale is traditionally read as underscoring how precious this human chance is.
A Question to Sit With
If this human life is one rare chance, what do you most want to do with it?
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