The statement 'nara janma durlabham' occurs in vivekachudamani. To get the human birth one requires a unique combination of punya and papa. If punya outweighs papa, one gets a devata janma. Likewise, if papa dominates his karma, he gets lower janmas - plant animal etc. To get a huma birth, he should have a mixture of both punya and papa in almost equal proportions. One may arrive at such a combination after many janmas - after exhasusting many types of papas that he has done in his previous human lives.
The statement in Vivekachudamani emphaszes on making use of the opportunity to pursue moksha. One can pursue moksha only in human life. If one misses this opportunity, one may have to wait for many more lives before one returns to an ideal human life agian.
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