Sense Enjoyment Is Equally Available to All Life Forms Including Birds and Beasts – Human Life Is the Rare Opportunity to Escape the Cycle of Repeated Births

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Morning Walk — May 30, 1974, Rome 740530MW-ROME [43:22 Minutes] Walk_740530MW-ROME Prabhupāda: Mitho 'bhipadyeta gṛha-vratānām. Adānta-gobhir viśatām... [aside:] Not too near. Adānta-gobhir viśatāṁ tamisraṁ punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām [SB 7.5.30]. Punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām, getting life after life and enjoying sense: the same eating, the same sleeping, the same sexual intercourse and same defense, either as dog or as man or as bird or beast.

This is called punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām. These four things are available, either you become a dog or a god. Not God; these demigods. In the material world, everyone is given the facilities for eating, sleeping, sexual intercourse and defense.

Now, if some dangers come, so we may be victim, but a bird immediately goes. He has better defense. Is it not? If some dangers come, immediately...

Suppose all of a sudden a motorcar comes and kills us. We cannot do anything. But the bird, small bird, "Hut!" He can do that. Is it not?

So his defensive measure is better than us. Similarly, I want to have sex. I have to arrange for that, find out some... But the female bird is always around me, at any time—this sparrow, the pigeon.

You have seen it? Immediately ready for sex life. And eating? Oh, there is some fruit.

Immediately he can eat. And sleeping? That is also very comfortable. So these facilities, don't think that it is available on this skyscraper building. They are available for the birds and the beasts.

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