Human life is meant for conquering the insurmountable process of birth and death

SB 3.24.38  The Renunciation of Kardama Muni

                                  TEXT

                      gaccha kamam mayaprsto
                      mayi sannyasta-karmana
                      jitva sudurjayam mrtyum
                      amrtatvaya mam bhaja

                             SYNONYMS

   gaccha--go; kamam--as you wish; maya--by Me; aprstah--sanctioned; mayi--to Me; sannyasta--completely surrendered; karmana--with your activities; jitva--having conquered; sudurjayam--insurmountable; mrtyum--death; amrtatvaya--for eternal life; mam--unto Me; bhaja--engage in devotional service.

                           TRANSLATION

   Now, being sanctioned by Me, go as you desire, surrendering all your activities to Me. Conquering insurmountable death, worship Me for eternal life.

                             PURPORT

   The purpose of Sankhya philosophy is stated herein. If anyone wants real, eternal life, he has to engage himself in devotional service, or Krsna consciousness. To become free from birth and death is not an easy task. Birth and death are natural to this material body. Sudurjayam means "very, very difficult to overcome." The modern so-called scientists do not have sufficient means to understand the process of victory over birth and death. Therefore, they set aside the question of birth and death; they do not consider it. They simply engage in the problems of the material body, which is transient and sure to end.
   Actually, human life is meant for conquering the insurmountable process of birth and death. That can be done as stated here. Mam bhaja: one must engage in the devotional service of the Lord. In Bhagavad-gita also the Lord says, man-mana bhava mad-bhaktah: "Just become My devotee. Just worship Me." But foolish so-called scholars say that it is not Krsna whom we must worship and to whom we must surrender; it is something else. Without Krsna's mercy, therefore, no one can understand the Sankhya philosophy or any philosophy which is especially meant for liberation. Vedic knowledge confirms that one becomes entangled in this material life because of ignorance and that one can become free from material embarrassment by becoming situated in factual knowledge. Sankhya means that factual knowledge by which one can get out of the material entanglement.