ਮਾਨਸ ਜਨਮੁ ਦੀਓ ਜਿਹ ਠਾਕੁਰਿ ਸੋ ਤੈ ਕਿਉ ਬਿਸਰਾਇਓ ॥
maanas janam dee-o jih thaakur so tai ki-o bisraa-i-o.
Why have you forgotten your Lord and Master, who blessed you with this human life?
ਮੁਕਤੁ ਹੋਤ ਨਰ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਸਿਮਰੈ ਨਿਮਖ ਨ ਤਾ ਕਉ ਗਾਇਓ ॥੨॥
mukat hot nar jaa kai simrai nimakh na taa ka-o gaa-i-o. ||2||
Remembering Him in meditation, one is liberated. And yet, you do not sing His Praises, even for an instant. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Master gave you this human life as a gift. Why have you forgotten the One?
Remembering the One, a person is set free, and yet you do not sing the One's praises, even for an instant.
*Life itself is the gift — remembering the Giver sets the heart free.*
Maanas janam dee-o jih thaakur: the Master who gave you this human life. Mukat hot nar jaa kai simrai: remembering sets a person free. Forgetting the Giver of so big a gift is the strangest thing of all.
The question is a nudge, not a scolding: one song of thanks, even for a moment, is already remembering.
A Question to Sit With
Who or what gave you something so big you sometimes forget to say thank you?
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