राजोवाच अहो नृजन्माखिलजन्मशोभनं किं जन्मभिस्त्वपरैरप्यमुष्मिन् । न यद्धृषीकेशयश:कृतात्मनां महात्मनां व: प्रचुर: समागम: ॥ २१ ॥
rajovaca aho nr-janmakhila-janma-sobhanam kim janmabhis tv aparair apy amusmin na yad dhrsikesa-yasah-krtatmanam mahatmanam vah pracurah samagamah
- raja uvaca
- King Rahugana said
- aho
- alas
- nr-janma
- you who have taken birth as a human being
- akhila-janma-sobhanam
- the best of all species of life
- kim
- what need
- janmabhih
- with births in a higher species like the demigods in the heavenly planets
- tu
- but
- aparaih
- not superior
- api
- indeed
- amusmin
- in the next birth
- na
- not
- yat
- which
- hrsikesa-yasah
- by the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hrsikesa, the master of all senses
- krta-atmanam
- of those whose hearts are purified
- maha-atmanam
- who are actually great souls
- vah
- of us
- pracurah
- abundant
- samagamah
- the association
King Rahugana said: This birth as a human being is the best of all. Even birth among the demigods in the heavenly planes is not as glorious as birth as a human being on this earth. What is the use of the exalted position of a demigod? In the heavenly planes, due to profuse material comforts, there is no possibility of associating with devotees.