In this world, there are about 84,00,000 forms of lives, BUT only the human body is meant for knowledge-- divine. This opportunity or ability or knowledge is not found in other bodies!! Thus it is clear that human being alone is aspirant for God-Realization.
In Uttara Kanda, the seventh canto of the Ramacaritamanasa, Garuda puts a question to Kakabhusundi :" Which is the best form of life?" Kakabhusundi replied that human life is the best form of life because all other beings whether they are movable or immovable aspire for it.
However, it is important for us to know that the human body are the one who provides us an opportunity to either go to hell or to heaven or to attain salvation.
Human body is like railyway junction from where you can travel to any direction you like. This is importance of human life. But as mentioned earlier, one of the way may lead to hell!
Some may argue that human body is given to us to have material pleasure found on this world, some may think that human is the only form where you can actually attain material pleasure...
But why does we tend to forget:
If earning money is an achievement, serpents have a lot of money because they live at such places where there is money.
If producing two or three children is a achievement sow can give birth to ten or twelve young once at a time.
If leading a luxurious life and enjoying the worldly pleasures is an achievement, there are dong in some cities which get all the luxuries that are not available to most of people. They also travel by car and aeroplanes!
So, it is obvious, in human form our main priority should be attaining knowledge and self-realization, not material pleasure and achievements.
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