Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Messenger of Death comes with awesome power. No one — not the strongest, not the wealthiest, not the most powerful person alive — can stand against it.
But Trilochan notices something: very rare — one in millions — is the person who, at that moment, can turn and say: 'O my Beloved, take me into Your arms. O Lord, please save me.'
Most people are too unready, too unprepared to turn to God in that final moment.
Only those who have been turning to God all along — who have been practicing it, making it the habit of their whole life — can do it then. Death reveals what was always true about a person.
The rahao centers on rarity. The GGS uses virlaa (one in millions) to mark those who actually live in alignment with what the Gurus teach. Trilochan — coming from outside the Sikh lineage — arrives at the same recognition: the prepared soul is exceptional. Death does not create the unprepared state; it discloses it. The person who can call on God at the end is the person for whom calling on God was already the habit of life. Trilochan's rahao is a call to prepare now — before the Messenger arrives.
If you had to turn to God right this moment, would it feel natural or strange? Why?
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