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... Because Arjuna accepted Krishna, He chastised him with little hard words, that “You are not a pandita.” Now, you just consider what is the position of this world. Everyone is taking care of this body. But Krishna said, gatasun agatasums ca nanusocanti panditah. The panditah, one who is learned, he knows that he is not this body. He is soul. So our first business is to take care of the soul. And this is the opportunity, this human form of body.

In the human form of body we can understand Bhagavad-gita, not in the dog’s body. That is not possible. So by evolution, jalaja nava-laksani sthavara laksa-vimsati, from aquatics to trees, plants, then insects, then birds, then beast, then human being, then civilized human being… In this civilized form of human being, if we do not take this knowledge of Bhagavad-gita personally given by the Lord Himself, then we are missing the point.

This is the whole Vedic literature’s lesson, that human form of life is meant for self-realization: “I am not this body. I am soul. I am spirit soul. My business is different from simply taking care of the body.” This is human civilization. So therefore our Krishna consciousness movement is very important movement.

We request everyone to study this movement very seriously and make one’s life successful.

Srila Prabhupada, Durban, October 7, 1975