Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Chasing tastes and thrills, picking fights, feeling jealous, getting dizzy over stuff — these can quietly eat up your days.
This human life is a rare jewel. It is worth far more than that. It is worth spending on what actually lasts.
Life is a rare jewel. It's too precious to waste.
Su-aad baad eerakh mad maa-i-aa — su-aad is chasing tastes and thrills, baad is fighting, eerakh is jealousy, and mad maa-i-aa is being dizzy over money and things. The verse says getting stuck in these wastes the ratan janam, the jewel of human life.
Think of using a real diamond as a doorstop. It works, sort of, but what a waste! The verse speaks about worth, not blame. This life is precious, and it's worth spending on what lasts.
What is one way you could spend your time that you would be proud of later?
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