The best birth

[Bhakti Vikasa Swami]

I am especially speaking to the Indians, bharata-varsis, that you have got this
life in this land after many, many evolutionary process, bahunam janmanam ante.
Bahu-sambhavante, the sastras say. Bahu-sambhavante [SB 11.9.29].
Unfortunately, we are forgetting this. At the present moment we are forgetting
the importance of this life born in the land of Bharata-varsa. This is our
misfortune. Don’t be misled. You have got this human form of life,
bharata-varsi. Very easily you can take the opportunity of understanding what
is God, what is your relationship with God, because in India there are so many
Vedic sastras. I am reading one, this Srimad-Bhagavatam. This is also Vedic
literature. It is the commentary on the Vedanta-sutra, bhasyam brahma-sutranam
[Garuda Purana]. So this Krsna consciousness movement means that we are
spreading this knowledge of Srimad-Bhagavatam throughout the whole world. And
as far the Indians, bharata-varsi, it is a special prerogative to understand
these Vedic literatures and make his life successful. Do not spoil your the
gift, the boon given by God -- this human form of life. Do not waste it for
nothing. Utilize it.

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From Srila Prabhupada's lecture on SB 5.5.1, 10 Apr 1975, Hyderabad