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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 3]
beyond the body and the mind, all his activities in human life are total failures. Therefore out of thousands and thousands of men, one may inquire about his spirit self and thus consult the revealed scriptures like  Vedānta-sūtras ,  Bhagavad-gītā  and  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . But in spite of reading and hearing such scriptures, unless one is in touch with a realized spiritual master, he cannot actually realize the real nature of self, etc. And out of thousands and hundreds of thousands of men, someone may know what Lord Kṛṣṇa is in fact. In the  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  (Madhya 20/122-123) it is said that Lord Kṛṣṇa, out of His causeless mercy, prepared the Vedic literatures in the incarnation of Vyāsadeva for reading by the intelligent class of men in a human society which is almost totally forgetful of the genuine relation with Kṛṣṇa. Even such an intelligent class of men may be forgetful in their relation with the Lord. The whole  bhakti-yoga  process is therefore a revival of the lost relation. This revival is possible in the human form of life, which is obtained only out of the evolutionary cycle of 8,400,000 species of life. The intelligent class of human being must take a serious note of this opportunity. All human beings are not intelligent, so the importance of human life is not always understood. Therefore  manīṣiṇām , meaning thoughtful, is particularly used here. Such a  manīṣiṇām  person, like Mahārāja Parīkṣit, must therefore take to the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa and fully engage himself in devotional service, hearing, chanting, etc., of the holy name and pastimes of the Lord which are all  hari-kathāmṛta . This action is especially recommended when one is preparing for death.
TEXTS 2-7
ब्रह्मवर्चसकामस्तु यजेत ब्रह्मणः पतिम् । 
        इन्द्रमिन्द्रियकामस्तु प्रजाकामः प्रजापतीन् ॥ २ ॥ 
        देवीं मायां तु श्रीकामस्तेजस्कामो विभावसुम् । 
        वसुकामो वस्त्रन् रुद्रान् वीर्यकामोऽथ वीर्यवान् ॥ ३ ॥ 
        अन्नाद्यकामस्त्वदितिं स्वर्गकामोऽदितेः सुतान् । 
        विश्वान्देवान् राज्यकामः साध्यान्संसाधको विशाम् ४ 
        आयुःकामोऽश्विनौ देवौ पुष्टिकाम इलां यजेत् । 
        प्रतिष्ठाकामः पुरुषो रोदसी लोकमात्रौ ॥ ५ ॥ 
        रूपाभिकामो गन्धर्वान् स्त्रीकामोऽप्सरउर्वशीम् । 
        आधिपत्यकामः सर्वेषां यजेत परमेष्ठिनम् ॥ ६ ॥