Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You were given this human life, and you have not remembered the One, not even for the blink of an eye.
For the comforts of home and wife, you made yourself a servant, and now chains are tied around your feet.
This human life is a rare gift, and clinging to comfort can tie your feet so you never move toward the One.
Maanas ko janam leen — you were given a human life. That is a rare chance to wake up. It slips by when simran, remembering the One, gets no room at all. Not even nimakh, the blink of an eye.
The words then speak of being tied down by attachment to a wife and to pleasure, as if the feet were chained. The point is not that any person, or women, are a trap. The knot is our own clinging to comfort.
Think of a comfy couch and an endless stream of videos. Each one feels fine. But hours later, you have not moved toward anything you meant to do.
The knot is our own. And our own hands can always loosen it.
Is there a comfort in your life that has quietly become a knot, keeping you from something that matters?
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