Bear & man EATING fight

The Mahabharata therefore says:
ahara-nidra-bhaya-maithunam cha,
samanyam etad pashubhir naranam
dharmo hi tesham adhiko vishesho,
dharmena hina pashubhih samanah
“The activities of eating, sleeping, mating and defending are
common in animals and human beings. The human beings are
considered superior only when they inquire about the Absolute Truth,
otherwise they are considered as good as animals.”
Majority of human beings are wasting their time in useless activities
imitating animals. People organize competitions to award one who
can eat maximum number of bananas or gulabjamuns. But can we
compete with an elephant in eating? Can we compete with an eagle in
seeing objects miles away? Can we compete with a dog in smelling
and detecting thieves? Can we imitate a pigeon who can have sex a
dozen times in one hour? Can we compete with a kangaroo in high
jump? Can we compete with a horse in atheletics? If we are proud of
producing offspring, a dog can beget dozens of puppies and a
mosquito can produce thousands of offspring.
Animals are better than humans in the aforementioned activities. In
fact, these abilities are in-built in their system by the arrangement of
God. If it is so, what is the special ability awarded in a human body?
If we are proud of social organization, even honey bees have a
complex social set up where worker bees go for collecting honey
(and they never go on strike like their human counterparts!) while the
drones take care of the queen who begets offspring

Only in human life are we endowed with the intelligence to inquire,

“What happens after death? What is the actual destination of my

life?” This is called ‘brahma jijnasa’, enquiring about oneself and

God. The first aphorism of the Vedanta sutra says: athato brahma

jijnasa “Now that you have achieved a human body, you should

inquire about the Absolute Truth.”

The human body is compared to a solid boat, which can help one

cross the ocean of the material world and take one to the kingdom of

God. The Vedic scriptures are compared to favourable breezes. The

spiritual master is compared to an expert captain who can monitor the

boat and take it to the desired destination. A human being who does

not take advantage of this opportunity for achieving unending

spiritual bliss is cheating himself and is a killer of his own soul

............. Abstract from Discover your self book BY VOICE pune