The human body exists not for sense pleasure but for attaining eternal devotional service to Krishna.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.5.1 — September 12, 1969, Tittenhurst, London 690912SB-LONDON [42:50 Minutes] SB-05.05.01_690912SB-LONDON Prabhupāda: [chants maṅgalācaraṇa] ...ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave-namaḥ ["I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who with the torchlight of knowledge has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance."] śrī-caitanya-mano-'bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam ["When will Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet?"] śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda ["I offer my obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa and all others in the line of devotion."] hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare ["My dear Lord, and the spiritual energy of the Lord, kindly engage me in Your service. I am now embarrassed with this material service. Please engage me in Your service."] nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛloke kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhujāṁ ye tapo divyaṁ putrakā yena sattvaṁ śuddhyed yasmād brahma-saukhyaṁ tv anantam [SB 5.5.1] [Lord Ṛṣabhadeva told His sons: My dear boys, of all the living entities who have accepted material bodies in this world, one who has been awarded this human form should not work hard day and night simply for sense gratification, which is available even for dogs and hogs that eat stool. One should engage in penance and austerity to attain the divine position of devotional service. By such activity, one's heart is purified, and when one attains this position, he attains eternal, blissful life, which is transcendental to material happiness and which continues forever.] This is a verse instructed by Mahārāja Ṛṣabhadeva to His sons. Mahārāja Ṛṣabhadeva was incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, Vāsudeva, long, long years ago. And He was the emperor of the whole world. Formerly there was only one king on this planet.
In every planet there is a predominating personality. In every... Not only this planet; all other planets also. And the predominating deity, or you may call the king or emperor, in the moon planet he is called Candra. Similarly, the predominating deity or the emperor in the sun planet, at the present moment he is called Vivasvān.
So the predominating deity or the emperor in each and every important planet, they are mentioned in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. That means the author of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam has complete knowledge not only of this universe, but also beyond the universe. Beyond the universe, there is spiritual sky. There are also different planets. But in those planets the predominating Deity is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.
And in this material world, in each and every planet, the predominating deity or the person is a very pious human being or living being. Generally, human being. In other, higher planetary system they are also like human being. Their features are exactly like us: two hands, two legs, one head, like that.
But they are very pious. They are God conscious. Every..., in every planet the living entities or human being, they are of different grades. Just like in this planet also, in some portion of this world there are savages, uncivilized persons, and in some portion of the world there are civilized persons, intelligent persons, God conscious persons; as there are different grades of persons in this planet, similarly, there are different grades of beings, living beings or human beings, in different other planets. The higher and lower grades are calculated in terms of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Consciousness is there everywhere, every living entity.
Not only human being, but also animals, the consciousness is there. But the difference is, consciousness without Kṛṣṇa is lower grade, and consciousness of Kṛṣṇa in different degrees, they are higher grade. And when the consciousness is completely Kṛṣṇa, that is the highest position, or that is the real position of living entity. So this human form of life... Mahārāja Bharata is instructing to His sons.
He had one hundred sons. So all of them assembled together, and the king, before retirement, was instructing. [aside:] Let him come in. [pause] So, instructing His sons. It is the duty of the father that before retirement... Now, here is one significant point.