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If getting a human birth is valuable, why did the angels consider it as a curse?

[Shri Ganesh V asked: Padanamskaram Swamiji, You have repeatedly said that to get Moksha, the soul needs to be born as human on earth. But, in the Mahabharat, it was said that the 8 sons of King Shantanu and Goddess Ganga were angels in heaven who were cursed by Sage Vashishta and the last son was Bhishma. My question is if getting a human birth is so valuable, why did the angels consider it as a curse? At Your divine feet, Ganesh V]

Swami replied:- Angels are certainly higher than human beings and the curse is meaningful since it makes the soul fall down from a higher level to a lower level. Incidentally, human birth has the facility to do spiritual effort. The curse must be taken in one angle and the facility must be taken in another angle. Even though human birth has the facility of spiritual effort, there is a big problem of ignorance. Bhishma was misled in the spiritual effort due to ignorance and supported the devilish Duryodhana and fought against God Krishna. So, this facility is not an open gift that can be achieved by every human being. In total, the result is only downfall from a higher level to a lower level alone.

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