Coming out of the cycle of birth and death...

Verse 1.3.29: In Bhagavad-gita also it is mentioned: janma-karma chame divyam....
Anyone who hears and understands the birth and activities of Lord Krishna, then he does not have to take birth again. That is the advantage of reading this Srimad Bhagavatam. We don't need to take birth again. What a wonderful gift it is. How many of us would want to be 9 months in a mother's womb legs up, head down. After that, we are pushed down. 5 years we need to be completely dependent on parents, and then all the troubles of growing and disease. Problems keep coming. We need to serve so many spirit souls while we live. Our life is burnt like a candle here and then old age comes in. We think we are this body, which we are not. The same body has to dwindle. Eyes cannot see properly, bones become weak, then death, then again take birth and go through the whole cycle.

The only one who can take us out of this cycle of birth and death is our spiritual master. He teaches us devotional service, by which we can continuously hear Lord Krishna's birth and activities. And that is how we can come out of this cycle. This is possible only in the human life. That's why we need to chant nicely and serve the spiritual master very very sincerely.