Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The blessing of this human life has been obtained. And still, people do not lovingly focus their thoughts on the Name of the Lord.
Their feet slip. They cannot stay here any longer. And in the next world, they find no place of rest at all.
This opportunity shall not come again in the same way. Use it.
The manukh janm (human birth) as a rare opportunity is a teaching that runs through Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Sikh traditions. Among the 8.4 million species, the human birth is considered unique in its capacity for self-reflection and spiritual realization.
"This opportunity shall not come again" — ik vaar na milai — is not meant to create anxiety but urgency. Not the anxiety of "I might fail" but the urgency of "I have everything I need, right now, to make this count." Use what you have been given.
If you knew this was your only chance at this specific life, what would you start doing differently — not tomorrow, but in the next hour?
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