Having acquired the status of humanity, so difficult of getting, that is the stepping stone to heaven, one should fix his soul on Brahma so that he may not fall away once more.
सोपानभूतं स्वर्गस्य मानुष्यं प्राप्य दुर्लभम्। तथाऽऽत्मानं समादध्याद् भ्रश्यते न पुनर्यथा॥