Preface
We offer our respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, the Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Kṛṣṇa Consciousness who has delivered the ‘Light of the Bhāgawata’ to the whole world. We are pleased to present for his pleasure the first fully illustrated, color publication of his sublime work ‘Light of the Bhāgawata’ in the English language.
Of all His Divine Grace’s writings, this work is perhaps the most unique. It was written in Vrindāvan in 1961 in response to an invitation to attend a world conference, the Congress for Cultivating the Human Spirit, held in Japan. As most of the participants to the Conference were from the Orient, Śrīla Prabhupāda considered deeply how he could best present the timeless teachings of the Śrīmad Bhāgawatam suitable to the Oriental people. The original Bhāgavatam was written over 5,000 years ago as an extremely large book composed of 18,000 verses. Participants to the conference would not have the time to hear it all. He therefore chose the tenth canto, twentieth chapter of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  for presentation.
The twentieth chapter is a description of the autumn season in Vrindāvan, the place of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s appearance. Śrīla
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