Doha 44
एहि तन कर फल बिषय न भाई। स्वर्गउ स्वल्प अंत दुखदाई॥ नर तनु पाइ बिषयँ मन देहीं। पलटि सुधा ते सठ बिष लेहीं॥१॥
ताहि कबहुँ भल कहइ न कोई। गुंजा ग्रहइ परस मनि खोई॥ आकर चारि लच्छ चौरासी। जोनि भ्रमत यह जिव अबिनासी॥२॥
फिरत सदा माया कर प्रेरा। काल कर्म सुभाव गुन घेरा॥ कबहुँक करि करुना नर देही। देत ईस बिनु हेतु सनेही॥३॥
नर तनु भव बारिधि कहुँ बेरो। सन्मुख मरुत अनुग्रह मेरो॥ करनधार सदगुर दृढ़ नावा। दुर्लभ साज सुलभ करि पावा॥४॥
Meaning
“Sensuous enjoyment, brethren, is not the be-all and end-all of human existence; even heavenly enjoyment is short-lived and ends in sorrow. The fools, who devote their mind to the pleasures of sense even after attaining human birth, take poison in exchange for nectar. (1) “None will ever speak well of him who picks up a peppercorn throwing away the philosopher’s stone. This immortal soul goes round through eighty-four lakh species of life, falling under four broad divisions. (2) “Driven by Māyā (My deluding potency) and encompassed by Time, destiny, Nature and phenomenal existence, it ever drifts along. Rarely does God, who loves the Jīva without any self-interest, graciously bestow on it a human form, (3) “which is a veritable raft whereby it can cross the ocean of mundane existence, with My grace for a favourable wind, and a worthy preceptor for a helmsman to steer this strong bark—a combination which, though difficult to secure, has been made easily available to him (Jīva). (4)
जो न तरै भव सागर नर समाज अस पाइ। सो कृत निंदक मंदमति आत्माहन गति जाइ॥४४॥
Meaning
“The man who, though equipped with all these resources, fails to cross the ocean of metempsychosis is ungrateful and dull-witted and meets the fate of a suicider. (44)
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