We have waited a long time

The human form of life is so rare that demigods (such as Agni, Vayu, Indra) that we hold in high regard and to whom oblations are offered in the yagna, desire to be born human themselves. Everyone knows that the body of a demigod is the topmost out of the 8.400.000 million bodies. Their body exudes fragrance; it is very effulgent and attractive. However, the celestial beings merely reap fruits of previous actions. They do not have the right to perform fruit-bearing actions. God has given the privilege of performing fruit-yielding actions only to humans. Such is the value of the human birth. What this means is that we have waited a long time to become human, and we have undergone great suffering before attaining the human birth through God’s grace.