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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 19]
Godhead ( yānti mad-yājino 'pi mām ). Otherwise there is no difference between human life and the lives of jungle animals and birds. Animals and birds also have freedom, but because of their lower birth, they cannot use it. Taking advantage of all the facilities offered him, a human being who has taken birth in the land of Bhārata-varṣa should become a fully enlightened devotee and go back home, back to Godhead. This is the subject matter of the Krṣṇa consciousness movement. The inhabitants of places other than Bhārata-varṣa have facilities for material enjoyment, but they do not have the same facility to take to Krṣṇa consciousness. Therefore Śri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has advised that one who has taken birth as a human being in Bhārata-varṣa must first realize himself as a part and parcel of Krṣṇa, and after taking to Krṣṇa consciousness, he must distribute this knowledge all over the world.
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यैः श्रद्धया बर्हिषि भागशो हवि-
निरुप्तमिष्टं विधिमन्त्रवस्तुतः ।
एकः पृथङ्नामभिराहुतो मुदा
गृह्णाति पूर्णः स्वयमाशिषां प्रभुः ॥२६॥
yaiḥ śraddhayā barhiṣi bhāgaśo havir niruptam iṣṭaṁ vidhi-mantra-vastutaḥ ekaḥ pṛthaṅ-nāmabhir āhuto mudā gṛhṇāti pūrṇaḥ svayam āśiṣāṁ prabhuḥ
yaiḥ —by whom (the inhabitants of Bhārata-varṣa);  śraddhayā —faith and confidence;  barhiṣi —in the performance of Vedic ritualistic sacrifices;  bhāgaśaḥ —by division;  haviḥ —oblations;  niruptam —offered;  iṣṭam —to the desired deity;  vidhi —by the proper method;  mantra —by reciting  mantras ;  vastutaḥ —with the proper ingredients;  ekaḥ —that one Supreme Personality of Godhead;  pṛthak —separate;  nāmabhiḥ —by names;  āhutaḥ —called;  mudā —with great happiness;  gṛhṇāti —He accepts;  pūrṇaḥ —the Supreme Lord, who is full in Himself;  svayam —personally;  āśiṣām —of all benedictions;  prabhuḥ —the bestower.