1. To get a human body is a result of many virtuous deeds of the past. Among those with a human body, there are some that are fortunate who are rewarded with finding the path of righteousness.
2. Among all human beings, those born into the brahmin caste are special. If in addition to that, they are moved to perform rituals and behave according to beneficial desires and be devotees of God, it is because of past merit.
3. Devotion to God is the best, and in addition to that, keeping the company of saints makes life worthwhile and should be understood to be supremely beneficial.
4. There is divine love and goodwill found in gatherings of devotees, and with the narration of God’s stories, the love for God is multiplied.
5. Upon acquiring the human body one should do something that makes life worthwhile and results in going beyond the worldly life. This is extremely rare.
6. Devotees make use of rituals, exercise compassion, and are charitable. They sing the praises of God which are easy to follow.
7. The devotee should see one's own errors and renounce them, hold to the path of devotion, and keep the company of saints.
8. The devotee should study spiritual scriptures and make some pilgrimages to holy places. Repetition of the name of God is a good way to lift one's sight from objectivity.
9. One should be charitable to others, inquire into Self-Knowledge, and discern the Essence from non-essence by utilizing the power of discrimination.
10. The devotee should observe the teachings in the Vedas, and have an understanding of actions and worship. In this way one becomes authoritative in Knowledge (Jnana).
11. With body, speech and mind, by offering leaves, flowers, fruits or water, and singing God's praises, one should partake in some form of devotion to make one's life worthwhile.
12. Having received the fruit of human birth, one should do something that makes that life fruitful. Otherwise, one's life is fruitless, and a burden to the earth.
13. The purpose of the human body is to do good for the Self. Offer your mind and wealth as per your capacity to the Almighty, for His use.
14. One who does not reflect upon this in the mind is like a dead body that is just moving around. Such a person is wasting their difficult to come by human birth, and has caused his mother to suffer the pain of giving birth unnecessarily.
15. Such a person does not do any worship, does not sing any bhajans, and makes no offerings to the Lord. He doesn't do any chanting or repetition of God's name, he does no meditation, and he does not even perform any mental worship.
16. He has no devotion, no affection, no faith, and no discipline. He has no God, no religion, and does not even welcome guests and visitors.
17. He does not have an intellect for doing beneficial things, nor does he have any good qualities. He does not enjoy listening to narrations of scriptures, nor does he listen to any spiritual discourses at all.
18. He does not keep the company of good people, his thinking is not correct, and he does not attain liberation because of false pride.
19. He has no moral values, no sense of justice, and no virtue to allow him to go beyond the worldly life. He does not give any thought as to what is proper and what is improper.
20. He has no knowledge, no prosperity, no signs of wisdom, no skill, no attractive qualities, and no beneficial learning.
21. He has no peace, no forgiveness, no initiation, no good friendship, no way to distinguish between good fortune and misfortune, and no spiritual practice.
22. He has no sense of sanctity, no sense of his own duty, and no sense of appropriate behavior. He is not thoughtful, and he is not successful in the material world nor in the spiritual world. He behaves according to the uncontrolled activity of the mind.
23. He does no good actions, and has no spiritual practice. He has no Knowledge, no detachment, no unity, and no courage. If you observe him, there is nothing worthwhile to be seen.
24. He does not do anything to change his ways, he does not renounce anything, he has no signs of equanimity, no signs of virtue, and he has no respect or love for God.
25. Such a person is not pleased to see good qualities in others, and does not get any pleasure from helping others. He does not even have the slightest thought of devotion to God.
26. When seeing such people, it is like seeing living dead bodies. Virtuous people should not even waste their time talking with such people.
27. If there is some accumulation of virtue, one finds the devotional path. Everyone receives according to their actions.