Relevant Inquiries
Again in the old tabloid Back to Godhead, this time dated April 20, 1960,  Śrīla Prabhupāda  talks about the science of the soul: “... since a human  being  is a rational animal, he is born to make inquiries and questions. The  greater  the number of questions, the  greater  the advancement of knowledge and science. ... The most intelligent man, however, inquires about what happens after death. ...”
A small child walking with his father goes on inquiring constantly. He  asks  his father so many odd things, and the father has to satisfy him with  proper  answers. When I was a young father in my householder life, I was  overflooded  with hundreds of questions from my second son, who was  my  constant companion. One day it so happened that a bridegroom's  party  was passing our tramcar, and the four-year-old boy, as usual, inquired what the big procession was. He was given all possible answers to  his  thousand and one questions regarding the marriage party, and finally  he asked  whether his own father was married! This question gave rise to  loud  laughter from all the elderly gentlemen present, although the boy  was perplexed  as to why we were laughing. Anyway, the boy was somehow satisfied by his married father.
The lesson from this incident is that since a human being is a rational  animal , he is born to make inquiries. The greater the number of questions, the greater the advancement of knowledge and science. The whole  of material civilization  is based on this originally large volume of questions put by young men to their elders. When elderly persons give the  proper  answers to the questions of the youngsters, civilization makes  progress , one step after another. The most intelligent man, however, inquires about what happens after death. The less intelligent make lesser inquiries, but the questions of those who are more intelligent go higher and still higher.
Among the most intelligent of men was Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the great  king  of the entire world, who was accidentally cursed by a  brāhmaṇa  to  meet  death from the bite of a serpent within seven days. The  brāhmaṇa
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