What can Kabir do if he sleeps and does not wake up to God? When Yama takes him home, the scabbard will remain.

Kabir questions what good it is to merely sleep through life and fail to awaken to the divine. This couplet powerfully reminds us that death is inevitable, and the soul's union with God is paramount. When Yama finally takes him away, only the physical shell, the empty scabbard, will remain behind.