View source for When one becomes a devotee, he achieves the greatest benediction because he completely averts the repetition of birth and death

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"When one becomes a devotee, he achieves the greatest benediction because he completely averts the repetition of birth and death"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|Nabakumar}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|2021-01-23T16:09:33Z}}
{{last|2021-01-23T16:09:33Z}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=1|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:When One Becomes...]]
[[Category:Becoming a Devotee of God]]
[[Category:Achievements of a Devotee of God]]
[[Category:Greatest]]
[[Category:Benedictions for Devotees of God]]
[[Category:Because]]
[[Category:Complete Devotees of God]]
[[Category:Repetition of Birth and Death]]
[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 09 Chapter 18 Purports - King Yayati Regains His Youth]]
[[Category:Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 09 Purports]]
</div>
<div id="section">
<h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
</div>
<div id="sub_section">
<h3>SB Canto 9</h3>
</div>
<div class="quote">
<div class="quote_heading">
Of course, in other lives one also gets a father and mother; even cats and dogs have fathers and mothers. But in the human form of life the father and mother can award their son the greatest benediction by teaching him to become a devotee. When one becomes a devotee, he achieves the greatest benediction because he completely averts the repetition of birth and death. Therefore the father who trains his child in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the most benevolent father in this world.
</div>

<div class="quote_link">
[[Vanisource:SB 9.18.43|SB 9.18.43, Translation and Purport]]
</div>
<div class="quote_translation">
Pūru replied: O Your Majesty, who in this world can repay his debt to his father? By the mercy of one's father, one gets the human form of life, which can enable one to become an associate of the Supreme Lord.
</div>
<div class="text">
The father gives the seed of the body, and this seed gradually grows and develops until one ultimately attains the developed human body, with consciousness higher than that of the animals. In the human body one can be elevated to the higher planets, and, furthermore, if one cultivates Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one can return home, back to Godhead. This important human body is obtained by the grace of the father, and therefore everyone is indebted to his father. Of course, in other lives one also gets a father and mother; even cats and dogs have fathers and mothers. But in the human form of life the father and mother can award their son the greatest benediction by teaching him to become a devotee. When one becomes a devotee, he achieves the greatest benediction because he completely averts the repetition of birth and death. Therefore the father who trains his child in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the most benevolent father in this world. It is said:

<div class="quote_verse">
:janame janame sabe pitā mātā pāya 
:kṛṣṇa guru nahi mile bhaja hari ei
</div>

Everyone gets a father and mother, but if one gets the benediction of Kṛṣṇa and guru, he can conquer material nature and return home, back to Godhead.
</div>
</div>
</div>