Everywhere, either you take birth as man or cat or dog or insect, there is father, mother. Father, mother you will get in any type of birth, but not guru and Kṛṣṇa.
Therefore this birth is meant for achieving guru and Kṛṣṇa. Father, mother you will get, anyone. Even you become a serpent there is father and mother. That is the way of birth. Therefore janmanā jāyate śūdraḥ. Even in human society, every man is born a śūdra. Saṁskārād bhaved dvijaḥ. He requires a second birth, by saṁskāra, reforming. Just like we give second birth, initiation. The second birth, the father is the spiritual master and the mother is the Vedas. As the first birth is taken by the material father and mother, similarly, second birth, dvija, is possible by the spiritual master, the father, and Vedic knowledge, mother. This father, mother. So that is required. And that is possible in the human form of life. A cat is born by father and mother, you are also born by father . . . but the cat is not, dog is not eligible to take the second father and mother. That is not possible.
So if we do not take the privilege of accepting the second father and mother, then what is the difference between your birth and the dog's birth? That is stated: janma-lābhaḥ paraḥ puṁsām. You have got this human form of body, the best body. That is the instruction of all Vedic literature, simply stressing. But what is this material civilization? Simply working like cats and dogs. The same eating, sleeping, sex intercourse and defending. There are so many buildings in your city, Paris. Where is the culture to make the human life perfect? You have got very nice building. That is intelligence. So many nice buildings. People come to see the building. But that is not all. Simply if you utilize your intelligence . . . certainly there is intelligence. But if you use your intelligence for the simply material activities, then you are not intelligent; you are a fool.
That is described here. Janma-lābhaḥ paraḥ puṁsām. You must make a cultural institution where people may take education how to remember Nārāyaṇa at the time of death. That is required. Otherwise useless. What is the value? You waste your so much time to construct a very nice house, but at the time of death, you could not remember Nārāyaṇa; you remember your very nice friend, dog. Then what is the value? What is the value? They do not understand this, that there is life after death. Dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā, tathā dehāntara-prāptiḥ (BG 2.13): "As you are changing your body from childhood to boyhood, boyhood . . ." It is very simple philosophy. The rascal will not understand. I am changing my body. You may say growth or . . . but it is changed. I had a childhood body; that body is different from my this present body. It is changed. Therefore I have already changed my body so many ways, so many times. And I change my body after this body is no more useful. That is going on. No more useful. That is the . . . the example is given: I am putting on this sweater, but when it is torn, no more useful, I get it out. I get another, new. Vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti tatah 'parāṇi (BG 2.22). Everything is clearly stated. This is dress only. This body is dress. Therefore we do not give on the bodily dress; we give stress on the soul. We do not make any distinction that, "This is Hindu dress, Muslim dress, Christian dress, black dress, white dress." No, no, we have nothing to do with the dress. We have to do with the soul within the dress. He is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. He has forgotten Kṛṣṇa; therefore he is suffering. Therefore our movement is to revive his Kṛṣṇa consciousness and go back to home, back to Godhead. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, ante nārāyaṇa-smṛtiḥ. So it is very important movement. Those who are very intelligent, they can take to it. Or you become intelligent or not intelligent, but know, at least, unless one is pious, he cannot take to this movement. But somehow or other, if you take this movement, then your this valuable life is successful. Janma-lābhaḥ paraḥ puṁsām. It is not cats' and dogs' life. It is human form of . . . utilize it properly. Utilize properly means to become Kṛṣṇa conscious, not dog conscious, cat conscious or this conscious or . . . no. These will not help you. Kṛṣṇa conscious. Then you will be able to remember Kṛṣṇa at the time of death, and your this valuable life is properly utilized. Janma-lābhaḥ paraḥ puṁsām. You have got very nice, valuable body, but it will be properly utilized if you learn how to remember Nārāyaṇa at the time of death.