स्विष्टस्य सूक्तस्य कृतस्य शोभनम् ।
तेनाजनाभे स्मृतिमज्जन्म नः स्याद्
वर्षे हरिर्यद्भजतां शं तनोति ॥२८॥
yady atra naḥ svarga-sukhÄvaÅ›eá¹£itaá¹
sviá¹£á¹asya sÅ«ktasya ká¹›tasya Å›obhanam
tenÄjanÄbhe smá¹›timaj janma naḥ syÄd
vará¹£e harir yad-bhajatÄá¹ Å›aá¹ tanoti
yadi - if; atra - in this heavenly planet; naḥ - of us; svarga-sukha-avaÅ›eá¹£itam - whatever remains after the enjoyment of heavenly happiness; su-iá¹£á¹asya - of a perfect sacrifice; su-uktasya - of diligently studying the Vedic literature; ká¹›tasya - of having performed a kind act; Å›obhanam - the resultant actions; tena - by such a resultant action; ajanÄbhe - in the land of BhÄrata-vará¹£a; smá¹›ti-mat janma - a birth enabling one to remember the lotus feet of the Lord; naḥ - of us; syÄt - let there be; vará¹£e - in the land; hariḥ - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yat - wherein; bhajatÄm - of the devotees; Å›am tanoti - expands the auspiciousness.
We are now living in the heavenly planets, undoubtedly as a result of our having performed ritualistic ceremonies, pious activities and yajñas and having studied the Vedas. However, our lives here will one day be finished. We pray that at that time, if any merit remains from our pious activities, we may again take birth in BhÄrata-vará¹£a as human beings able to remember the lotus feet of the Lord. The Lord is so kind that He personally comes to the land of BhÄrata-vará¹£a and expands the good fortune of its people.
It is certainly as a result of pious activities that one takes birth in the heavenly planets, but from those planets one must nevertheless come down again to earth, as stated in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (kṣīṇe puṇye martya-lokaá¹ viÅ›anti). Even the demigods must return to earth to work like ordinary men when the results of their pious activities expire. Nevertheless, the demigods desire to come to the land of BhÄrata-vará¹£a if even a small portion of the merits of their pious activities remains. In other words, to take birth in BhÄrata-vará¹£a, one must perform more pious activities than the demigods. In BhÄrata-vará¹£a one is naturally Kṛṣṇa conscious, and if one further cultivates his Kṛṣṇa consciousness, by the grace of Kṛṣṇa he certainly expands his good fortune by becoming perfect in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and very easily going back home, back to Godhead. In many other places in the Vedic literature it is found that even the demigods want to come to this land of BhÄrata-vará¹£a. A foolish person may desire to be promoted to the heavenly planets as a result of his pious activities, but even the demigods from the heavenly planets want to come to BhÄrata-vará¹£a and achieve bodies that may be very easily used to cultivate Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu repeatedly says:
bhÄrata-bhÅ«mite haila manuá¹£ya-janma yÄra
janma sÄrthaka kari’ kara para-upakÄra
A human being born in the land of BhÄrata-vará¹£a has the special prerogative to develop Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore those already born in BhÄrata-vará¹£a should take lessons from the Å›Ästras and guru and should fully take advantage of the mercy of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu in order to be fully equipped with Kṛṣṇa consciousness. By taking full advantage of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one goes back home, back to Godhead (yÄnti mad-yÄjino ’pi mÄm). The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is therefore spreading this facility to human society by opening many, many centers all over the world so that people may associate with the pure devotees of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, understand the science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and ultimately go back home, back to Godhead.
