The human form of life is the only life by which one may get out of this entanglement. Highest kind of happiness that a man can achieve is to be promoted to the spiritual planets by practice of Krsna consciousness. A life of Krsna consciousness is therefore the solution to all the problems of material existence.
GITA SHLOKA 4.30
TRANSLATION
All these performers who know the meaning of sacrifice become cleansed of sinful reaction, and, having tasted the nectar of the remnants of such sacrifice, they go to the supreme eternal atmosphere.
PURPORT
From the foregoing explanation of different types of sacrifice (namely sacrifice of one's possessions, study of the Vedas or philosophical doctrines, and performance of the yoga system), it is found that the common aim of all is to control the senses.
Sense gratification is the root cause of material existence; therefore, unless and until one is situated on a platform apart from sense gratification, there is no chance of being elevated to the eternal platform of full knowledge, full bliss and full life.
This platform is in the eternal atmosphere, or Brahman atmosphere.
All the above-mentioned sacrifices help one to become cleansed of the sinful reactions of material existence.
By this advancement in life, one not only becomes happy and opulent in this life, but also, at the end, he enters into the eternal kingdom of God, either merging into the impersonal Brahman or associating with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna.
Gita shloka 4.31
TRANSLATION
O best of the Kuru dynasty, without sacrifice one can never live happily on this planet or in this life: what then of the next?
PURPORT
Whatever form of material existence one is in, one is invariably ignorant of his real situation.
In other words, existence in the material world is due to the multiple reactions to our sinful lives.
Ignorance is the cause of sinful life, and sinful life is the cause of one's dragging on in material existence.
The human form of life is the only loophole by which one may get out of this entanglement.
The Vedas, therefore, give us a chance for escape by pointing out the paths of religion, economic comfort, regulated sense gratification and, at last, the means to get out of the miserable condition entirely.
The path of religion, or the different kinds of sacrifice recommended above, automatically solves our economic problems.
By performance of yajna we can have enough food, enough milk, etc.—even if there is a so-called increase of population.
When the body is fully supplied, naturally the next stage is to satisfy the senses.
The Vedas prescribe, therefore, sacred marriage for regulated sense gratification.
Thereby one is gradually elevated to the platform of release from material bondage, and the highest perfection of liberated life is to associate with the Supreme Lord.
Perfection is achieved by performance of yajna (sacrifice), as described above.
Now, if a person is not inclined to perform yajna according to the Vedas, how can he expect a happy life? There are different grades of material comforts in different heavenly planets, and in all cases there is immense happiness for persons engaged in different kinds of yajna.
But the highest kind of happiness that a man can achieve is to be promoted to the spiritual planets by practice of Krsna consciousness.
A life of Krsna consciousness is therefore the solution to all the problems of material existence.
