I am especially speaking to the Indians, bharata-varsis, that you have got this life in this land after many, many evolutionary process, bahunam janmanam ante. Bahu-sambhavante, the sastras say. Bahu-sambhavante [SB 11.9.29]. Unfortunately, we are forgetting this. At the present moment we are forgetting the importance of this life born in the land of Bharata-varsa. This is our misfortune. Don’t be misled. You have got this human form of life, bharata-varsi. Very easily you can take the opportunity of understanding what is God, what is your relationship with God, because in India there are so many Vedic sastras. I am reading one, this Srimad-Bhagavatam. This is also Vedic literature. It is the commentary on the Vedanta-sutra, bhasyam brahma-sutranam [Garuda Purana]. So this Krsna consciousness movement means that we are spreading this knowledge of Srimad-Bhagavatam throughout the whole world. And as far the Indians, bharata-varsi, it is a special prerogative to understand these Vedic literatures and make his life successful. Do not spoil your the gift, the boon given by God — this human form of life. Do not waste it for nothing. Utilize it.

From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on SB 5.5.1, 10 Apr 1975, Hyderabad