sṛṣá¹vÄ purÄṇi vividhÄny ajayÄtma-Å›aktyÄ
vá¹›ká¹£Än sarÄ«sá¹›pa-paśūn khaga-dandaśūkÄn
tais tair atuá¹£á¹a-há¹›dayaḥ puruá¹£aá¹ vidhÄya
brahmÄvaloka-dhiá¹£aṇaá¹ mudam Äpa devaḥ
sṛṣá¹vÄ - having created; purÄṇi - material bodies that house the conditioned souls; vividhÄni - many varieties; ajayÄ - through the agency of mÄyÄ; Ätma-Å›aktyÄ - the Lord's own potency; vá¹›ká¹£Än - trees; sarÄ«sá¹›pa - reptiles; paśūn - animals; khaga - birds; danda-śūkÄn - snakes; taiḥ taiḥ - by all these different varieties of bodies; atuá¹£á¹a - unsatisfied; há¹›dayaḥ - His heart; puruá¹£am - the human form of life; vidhÄya - creating; brahma - the Absolute Truth; avaloka - vision of; dhiá¹£aṇam - intelligence suitable for; mudam - happiness; ÄpÄ - achieved; devaḥ - the Lord.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, expanding His own potency, mÄyÄ-Å›akti, created innumerable species of life to house the conditioned souls. Yet by creating the forms of trees, reptiles, animals, birds, snakes and so on, the Lord was not satisfied within His heart. Then He created human life, which offers the conditioned soul sufficient intelligence to perceive the Absolute Truth, and became pleased.
God has specifically created the human form of life to facilitate the liberation of the conditioned soul. Therefore one who abuses human life prepares his path to hell. As stated in the Vedas, puruá¹£atve cÄvistarÄm ÄtmÄ: “In the human form of life there is good possibility of understanding the eternal soul.†The Vedas also state:
tÄbhyo gÄm Änayat tÄ abruvan
na vai no ’yam alam iti
tÄbhyo ’śvam Änayat tÄ abruvan
na vai no ’yam alam iti
tÄbhyaḥ puruá¹£am Änayat tÄ
abruvan su-ká¹›taá¹ bata
The purport of this śruti-mantra is that lower forms of life, such as the cow and horse, are not actually suitable to fulfill the purpose of creation. But human life awards the opportunity to understand one’s eternal relationship with God. Thus, one must control the material senses and fulfill the real purpose of human life. If one takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the Supreme Lord personally feels happiness and gradually reveals Himself to His devotee.
The Lord’s material creation consists of the living entities and dead matter, which the less intelligent try to enjoy. The Lord, however, is not satisfied by those species that blindly strive for sense gratification without understanding spiritual nature. We are suffering due to our forgetfulness of Kṛṣṇa and the blissful situation of His abode. If we accept the Lord as protector and shelter and execute His order, we can easily revive our eternal, blissful nature as parts and parcels of the Personality of Godhead. It is for this purpose that the Lord has created human life.
