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:pumān bhavābdhiṁ na taret sa ātma-hā
:pumān bhavābdhiṁ na taret sa ātma-hā
<p>When one wants to cross a large ocean, he requires a strong boat. It is said that this human form of life is a good boat by which one can cross the ocean of nescience. In the human form of life one can obtain the guidance of a good navigator, the spiritual master. One also gets a favorable wind by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, and that wind is the instructions of Kṛṣṇa. The human body is the boat, the instructions of Lord Kṛṣṇa are the favorable winds, and the spiritual master is the navigator. The spiritual master knows well how to adjust the sails to catch the winds favorably and steer the boat to its destination. If, however, one does not take advantage of this opportunity, one wastes the human form of life. Wasting time and life in this way is the same as committing suicide.</p>
<p>When one wants to cross a large ocean, he requires a strong boat. It is said that this human form of life is a good boat by which one can cross the ocean of nescience. In the human form of life one can obtain the guidance of a good navigator, the spiritual master. One also gets a favorable wind by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, and that wind is the instructions of Kṛṣṇa. The human body is the boat, the instructions of Lord Kṛṣṇa are the favorable winds, and the spiritual master is the navigator. The spiritual master knows well how to adjust the sails to catch the winds favorably and steer the boat to its destination. If, however, one does not take advantage of this opportunity, one wastes the human form of life. Wasting time and life in this way is the same as committing suicide.</p>
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<div id="SB_Canto_6" class="sub_section" sec_index="6" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 6"><h3>SB Canto 6</h3>
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<div id="SB6714_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_6" book="SB" index="273" link="SB 6.7.14" link_text="SB 6.7.14">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 6.7.14|SB 6.7.14, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">As stated in the Vedic literature ([[Vanisource:SB 11.20.17|SB 11.20.17]]):</p>
:nṛ-deham ādyaṁ sulabhaṁ sudurlabhaṁ
:plavaṁ sukalpaṁ guru-karṇa-dhāram
<p>We, the conditioned souls, have fallen in the ocean of nescience, but the human body fortunately provides us a good opportunity to cross the ocean because the human body is like a very good boat.</p>
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<div id="SB_Canto_7" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 7"><h3>SB Canto 7</h3>
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<div id="SB71545_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="658" link="SB 7.15.45" link_text="SB 7.15.45">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.15.45|SB 7.15.45, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">"One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna." This is the highest perfection of life, and the human body is meant for this purpose. It is said in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.20.17):</p>
:nṛ-deham ādyaṁ sulabhaṁ sudurlabhaṁ
:plavaṁ sukalpaṁ guru-karṇadhāram
:mayānukūlena nabhasvateritaṁ
:pumān bhavābdhiṁ na taret sa ātma-hā
<p>This human form of body is a most valuable boat, and the spiritual master is the captain, guru-karṇadhāram, to guide the boat in plying across the ocean of nescience. The instruction of Kṛṣṇa is a favorable breeze. One must use all these facilities to cross over the ocean of nescience. Since the spiritual master is the captain, one must serve the spiritual master very sincerely so that by his mercy one will be able to get the mercy of the Supreme Lord.</p>
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 11.20.17|SB 11.20.17, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The human body, which can award all benefit in life, is automatically obtained by the laws of nature, although it is a very rare achievement. This human body can be compared to a perfectly constructed boat having the spiritual master as the captain and the instructions of the Personality of Godhead as favorable winds impelling it on its course. Considering all these advantages, a human being who does not utilize his human life to cross the ocean of material existence must be considered the killer of his own soul.</p>
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<div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2>
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<div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="0" parent="Lectures" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures"><h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3>
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<div id="LectureonBG104NewYorkJanuary31967_0" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="332" link="Lecture on BG 10.4 -- New York, January 3, 1967" link_text="Lecture on BG 10.4 -- New York, January 3, 1967">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 10.4 -- New York, January 3, 1967|Lecture on BG 10.4 -- New York, January 3, 1967]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">There is a very nice Sanskrit verse that... Just like you have to cross a great ocean. Now, if you want to cross Atlantic Ocean from New York to England, then you must have a very nice ship and a good captain and the atmosphere very favorable. Then it is very easy to cross. So that example is given in a Sanskrit verse, nṛ-deham ādyaṁ su-labhaṁ su-kalpam. Now, to cross this ocean of material existence... This is ocean. It is compared with ocean. Bhava-sāgara. Sāgara means ocean. So to cross this ocean you have got very nice ship. What is that? Nṛ-deham. This human form of life. Nṛ-deham ādyam. It is very nice ship. And su-labhaṁ su-labhaṁ su-durlabham. Su-labham means this kind of ship you cannot get always. It is an opportunity.</p>
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<div id="LectureonBG104NewYorkJanuary31967_1" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="332" link="Lecture on BG 10.4 -- New York, January 3, 1967" link_text="Lecture on BG 10.4 -- New York, January 3, 1967">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 10.4 -- New York, January 3, 1967|Lecture on BG 10.4 -- New York, January 3, 1967]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">This is an opportunity because we do not know what is going to happen in my next life. There is no guarantee that in next life you are going to take your birth in America or in human form of life. There is no guarantee. Therefore, so long you have got this opportunity, you must fully utilize it. Nṛ-deham ādyam su-labhaṁ su-durlabham. Su-labham, by opportunity, by fortune we have got this, su-labham. And su-durlabham.</p>
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<div id="LectureonBG104NewYorkJanuary31967_2" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="332" link="Lecture on BG 10.4 -- New York, January 3, 1967" link_text="Lecture on BG 10.4 -- New York, January 3, 1967">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 10.4 -- New York, January 3, 1967|Lecture on BG 10.4 -- New York, January 3, 1967]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">And you have got this nice ship. And guru-karṇa-dhāram. And if you have got a nice spiritual master who is captain, good captain, who can help you to ply your ship on the same. So nṛ-deham ādyam su-labhaṁ su-durlabham. And atmosphere is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, created by the Supreme Lord by delivering you the message of Bhagavad-gītā. So you have got very good atmosphere.</p>
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Latest revision as of 13:12, 6 June 2011

Expressions researched:
"automatically obtained by the laws of nature" |"mayanukulena nabhasvateritam" |"nr-deham adyam su-labham" |"plavam su-kalpam guru-karnadharam" |"puman bhavabdhim na taret sa atma-ha"

Notes from the compiler: VedaBase query: "11.20.17" or "automatically obtained by the laws of nature" or "mayanukulena nabhasvateritam" or "nr-deham adyam su-labham" or "plavam su-kalpam guru-karnadharam" or "puman bhavabdhim na taret sa atma-ha"

Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 4

SB 4.23.28, Purport:

The wives of the demigods condemn the performers of sense gratificatory activities as vañcita, cheated. Those so engaged are actually killing themselves (ātma-hā). As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.20.17):

nṛ-deham ādyaṁ sulabhaṁ sudurlabhaṁ
plavaṁ sukalpaṁ guru-karṇadhāram
mayānukūlena nabhasvateritaṁ
pumān bhavābdhiṁ na taret sa ātma-hā

When one wants to cross a large ocean, he requires a strong boat. It is said that this human form of life is a good boat by which one can cross the ocean of nescience. In the human form of life one can obtain the guidance of a good navigator, the spiritual master. One also gets a favorable wind by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, and that wind is the instructions of Kṛṣṇa. The human body is the boat, the instructions of Lord Kṛṣṇa are the favorable winds, and the spiritual master is the navigator. The spiritual master knows well how to adjust the sails to catch the winds favorably and steer the boat to its destination. If, however, one does not take advantage of this opportunity, one wastes the human form of life. Wasting time and life in this way is the same as committing suicide.

SB Canto 6

SB 6.7.14, Purport:

As stated in the Vedic literature (SB 11.20.17):

nṛ-deham ādyaṁ sulabhaṁ sudurlabhaṁ
plavaṁ sukalpaṁ guru-karṇa-dhāram

We, the conditioned souls, have fallen in the ocean of nescience, but the human body fortunately provides us a good opportunity to cross the ocean because the human body is like a very good boat.

SB Canto 7

SB 7.15.45, Purport:

"One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna." This is the highest perfection of life, and the human body is meant for this purpose. It is said in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.20.17):

nṛ-deham ādyaṁ sulabhaṁ sudurlabhaṁ
plavaṁ sukalpaṁ guru-karṇadhāram
mayānukūlena nabhasvateritaṁ
pumān bhavābdhiṁ na taret sa ātma-hā

This human form of body is a most valuable boat, and the spiritual master is the captain, guru-karṇadhāram, to guide the boat in plying across the ocean of nescience. The instruction of Kṛṣṇa is a favorable breeze. One must use all these facilities to cross over the ocean of nescience. Since the spiritual master is the captain, one must serve the spiritual master very sincerely so that by his mercy one will be able to get the mercy of the Supreme Lord.

SB Cantos 10.14 to 12 (Translations Only)

SB 11.20.17, Translation:

The human body, which can award all benefit in life, is automatically obtained by the laws of nature, although it is a very rare achievement. This human body can be compared to a perfectly constructed boat having the spiritual master as the captain and the instructions of the Personality of Godhead as favorable winds impelling it on its course. Considering all these advantages, a human being who does not utilize his human life to cross the ocean of material existence must be considered the killer of his own soul.

Lectures

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Lecture on BG 10.4 -- New York, January 3, 1967:

There is a very nice Sanskrit verse that... Just like you have to cross a great ocean. Now, if you want to cross Atlantic Ocean from New York to England, then you must have a very nice ship and a good captain and the atmosphere very favorable. Then it is very easy to cross. So that example is given in a Sanskrit verse, nṛ-deham ādyaṁ su-labhaṁ su-kalpam. Now, to cross this ocean of material existence... This is ocean. It is compared with ocean. Bhava-sāgara. Sāgara means ocean. So to cross this ocean you have got very nice ship. What is that? Nṛ-deham. This human form of life. Nṛ-deham ādyam. It is very nice ship. And su-labhaṁ su-labhaṁ su-durlabham. Su-labham means this kind of ship you cannot get always. It is an opportunity.

Lecture on BG 10.4 -- New York, January 3, 1967:

This is an opportunity because we do not know what is going to happen in my next life. There is no guarantee that in next life you are going to take your birth in America or in human form of life. There is no guarantee. Therefore, so long you have got this opportunity, you must fully utilize it. Nṛ-deham ādyam su-labhaṁ su-durlabham. Su-labham, by opportunity, by fortune we have got this, su-labham. And su-durlabham.

Lecture on BG 10.4 -- New York, January 3, 1967:

And you have got this nice ship. And guru-karṇa-dhāram. And if you have got a nice spiritual master who is captain, good captain, who can help you to ply your ship on the same. So nṛ-deham ādyam su-labhaṁ su-durlabham. And atmosphere is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, created by the Supreme Lord by delivering you the message of Bhagavad-gītā. So you have got very good atmosphere.