No independent bhāṣya is recorded for this śloka in the source text. The verse appears as a cited quotation. Summary of the verse's teaching: Building on the rarity of gifts enumerated in ślokas 2–3, śloka 4 turns to the urgent moral consequence. One who has been given human birth and scriptural learning yet neglects the pursuit of Self-liberation is described in the sharpest terms: ātmahā, a self-murderer. The phrase asadgraha — clinging to what is unreal (the body, the world, false identifications) — identifies the root cause of this self-destruction. The verse is thus a direct exhortation to utilise the rare opportunity of human life without delay.