Human life is the decisive junction between hellish punishment and divine liberation—awaken or face the Yamadūtas.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.2.1 — September 5, 1975, Vṛndāvana 750905SB-VRNDAVAN [27:11 Minutes] SB-06.02.01_750905SB-VRNDAVAN Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [break] [01:53]
Prabhupāda: śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca evaṁ te bhagavad-dūtā yamadūtābhibhāṣitam upadhāryātha tān rājan pratyāhur naya-kovidāḥ [SB 6.2.1] śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca evaṁ te bhagavad-dūtā yamadūtābhibhāṣitam upadhāryātha tān rājan pratyāhur naya-kovidāḥ [SB 6.2.1] So two parties, Yamadūta and the Bhagavad-dūtā. So this human life is the junction, which way to go: to the Yamadūtas or to the Bhagavad-dūtās. There is no three. Two alternative.
In the Bible also it is said, "Either you go to hell or go to heaven." Is it not? This is right. Yamadūta means go to hell, and Bhagavad-dūtā means go to Vaikuṇṭha. This is the junction. yānti deva-vratā devān pitṛn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ bhūtejyā yānti bhūtāni mad-yājino 'pi yānti mām [Bg. 9.25] Now make your selection.
So long we are in the lower, animal life, nature is giving chance. Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni [Bg. 3.27]. Then nature brings you in the platform of human life, developed consciousness, and you can take advantage of the śāstra. Anādi bahirmukha kṛṣṇa bhuli gela, ataeva kṛṣṇa veda purāṇa karilā [Cc. Madhya 20.117]. Veda-Purāṇa, why they have been made? It is made for the human being. This is the chance.
Veda-Purāṇa is not made for the cats and dogs. They are not supposed to read Veda and Purāṇas. Similarly, if the human being does not take care of the Veda-Purāṇa, then he is no better than the cats and dogs. Ataeva kṛṣṇa veda purāṇa karilā: to revive our Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Uttiṣṭhata jāgrata prāpta-varān nibodhata. This is the Vedic injunction. So long you were in the lower grade of life it was not possible for you to take the path of Vedas and Purāṇas. That was not possible. But now, even if getting the human form of life, if you sleep for sense gratification like cats and dogs, then the Yamadūta...
Yamadūta. Kṛṣṇa nāma kara bhāi āra saba miche, palaye barā kathā naya yo māche piche.[?] These are very easily understandable. You cannot avoid Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is not possible.