Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There is only One. And the One is found by the True Guru's grace — a gift that is always here, waiting for an open heart.
To be alive as a human being, awake and able to wonder — this is a rare and precious thing, not something to waste.
And a life turned toward the teaching gets colored all the way through, deep and warm, like cloth soaked in a rich red dye. That color is love.
This one says a human life is a rare chance, too precious to waste.
Maanas janam dulambh means a human birth is dulambh, very hard to come by. Gurmukh paa-i-aa says the gurmukh, the one turned toward the Guru, truly receives it.
Then comes a picture from dyeing cloth. Chulambh is the deep red of madder, a dye that soaks all the way in and never washes out. Man tan ho-ay chulambh means the mind and body get soaked in that color of love.
Think of dropping a white T-shirt into a bucket of red dye. It comes out red all the way through, every thread. A human life is the chance to be colored like that by love.
What makes being alive feel precious to you?
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