26: juAwrIey dw jnm hwrxw

Wasting the life by the gambler

mwns dyih dulMBu hY jugh jugMqir AwvY vwrI ]

maanas dayhi dulabhu hai jougah jougantari aavai vaaree.

After many ages comes the turn of assuming the human body.

auqm jnmu dulMBu hY iek vwkI koVmw vIcwrI ]

outamu janamu dulabhu hai ik vaakee korhamaa veechaaree.

It is a rare boon to be born in a family of truthful and intelligent people.

dyih Arog dulMBu hY BwgTu mwq ipqw ihqkwrI ]

dayhi arog dulabhu hai bhaagatdu maat pitaa hitakaaree.

Almost rare to be healthy and to have beneficent and fortunate parents who can take care of the well-being of the child.

swDU sMig dulMBu hY gurmuiK suKPl Bgiq ipAwrI ]

saadhu sangi dulabhu hai guramoukhi soukh phalu bhagati piaaree.

Also rare is the holy congregation and loving devotion, the pleasure fruit of gurrnukhs.

PwQw mwieAw mhW jwil pMj dUq jmkwl su BwrI ]

dhaadaa maaiaa mahaan jaali panji doot jamakaalu su bhaaree.

But the Jiv, caught in the web of five evil propensities bears the heavy punishment of Yama, the god of death.

ijau kir shw vhIr ivic pr hiQ pwsw pauCik swrI ]

jiu kari sahaa vaheer vichi par hadi paasaa paouchhaki saaree.

The state of jiv becomes the same as that of a hare caught in a crowd. The dice being in other's hand the whole game goes topsyturvy.

dUjY Bwie kudwieAV jm jMdwru swr isr mwrI ]

doojay bhaai kudaaiarhi jam jandaaru saar siri maaree.

The mace of Yama falls on the head of a jiv who gambles about in duality.

AwvY jwey BvweIAY Bvjlu AMdir hoie KuAwrI ]

aavai jaai bhavaaeeai bhavajalu andari hoi khuaaree.

Such a creature entangled in the cycle of the transmigration goes on suffering disgrace in the world-ocean.

hwrY jnm Amolu juAwrI ]26]

haarai janamu amolu juaaree ||26||

Like a gambler he loses and wastes his precious life.