SB 11.20.17 nr-deham adyam su-labham... cited

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"

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.