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asitim caturas caiva laksams tan jiva-jatisu
bhramadbhih purusaih prapyam manusyam janma-paryayat
tad apy abhalatam jatah tesam atmabhimaninam
varakanam anasritya govinda-carana-dvayam

"One attains the human form of life after transmigrating through 8,400,000 species of life "

Padma Purana states

jalaja nava-laksani sthavara laksa-vimsati
krmayo rudra-sankhyakah paksinam dasa-laksana
trimsal-laksani pasavah catur-laksani manusah

Meaning of the above sloka :-

There are 900,000 species of aquatic life; 2,000,000 species of plants and trees; 1,100,000 species of insects; 1,000,000 species of bird life; 3,000,000 species of beasts, and 400,000 species of human life.

The meaning of "species" understood by biologists is different from the meaning implied here. The meaning used by biologists applies to the gross physical appearance or the gross morphological feature of the living material bodies

The Vedic meaning, however, which is derived after thorough and careful analysis, is based on the level of consciousness of the living being

For example, biologists say that all human beings belong to one species, whereas the Vedic literatures list 400,000 species. In other words, there are 400,000 grades of human beings on different levels of consciousness.

The process of evolution through these 8,400,000 species of life has been going on since time immemorial. soul never dies and is never born; it is eternal. It transmigrates from one body to another.

Lord Sri Krsna, the supreme knower of everything, says: "As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, similarly, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones." [Bg. 2.22] In this way the transmigration of the soul is going on.

the most important species of life is the human being. The Vedanta-sutra instructs, athato brahma-jijnasa: "Now, therefore, in this human form of life, it is time to inquire about spiritual realization."Vedanta-sutra 1.1.1.4 Who am I? What is the real mission of human life?

What is the ultimate purpose of our existence? Every intelligent person must ask these questions and should search for the right answers from the right source

So-called modern educators claim that the purpose of education is to solve the problems of life. But in actuality they are teaching their students how to increase sense gratification more and more, thereby creating more and more paths to degradation

In modern universities no one teaches the science by which to answer the question "Who am I?" There are so many departments in a university:medical, engineering, etc. But where is the department to know & understand what this life is, what God is, and what our relationship is?"

The most important department of education, that which teaches the real mission of human life, is completely left out.

Ji @narendramodi Every University should teach Vedanta