Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Fourth Canto Part One
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda His Divine Grace
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda  Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
Fourth Canto (Part One-Chapters 1-8)
with the original Sanskrit text, its Roman transliteration, word-for-word synonyms, translation and elaborate purports by
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda   Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
359 pages 8 color illustrations
Of all the treasures of ancient India, none can be more valuable than  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . Indeed, the  Bhāgavatam  is so exalted that it is worshiped as a literary incarnation of God Himself, and it can attain that simply by hearing  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , one is said that the highest plane of transcendental consciousness. Science, politics, adventure, philosophy, sociology, religion and love all find their perfection in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  because the  Bhāgavatam  is the authorized transcendental history of the pastimes of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Although Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the speaker of the world-famous  Bhagavad-gītā  and although He is celebrated both in the world and in the  Vedas  as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the transcendental nature of His appearance and activities is rarely understood even by the greatest scholars. As Kṛṣṇa says Himself in the  Gītā , "Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth." In  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , the name, fame, qualities and pastimes of this Supreme Personality are elaborately described in a scientific way. The science of God is greater than all other sciences, and this spiritual technology is brilliantly explained in the 18,000 verses of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam .
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Frontcover: The Personality of Godhead Lord Viṣṇu appearing on His feathered carrier Garuḍa for the benediction of the demigods.
Back cover: Lord Śiva, the destroyer of the universe, with his devoted consort Satī.