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Therefore by reading  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  one is sure to become a fully self-realized soul, and in the advanced stage of self-realization one can enjoy the highest satisfaction and become absorbed in the transcendental pastimes that the  Bhāgavatam  describes.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is a book of knowledge and of truth. Originally spoken 5,000 years ago, it has been carefully handed down in the Sanskrit language through a chain of self-realized spiritual masters, and it is now being translated into English by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, the world's greatest authority on Vedic religion and thought.  Śrīla Prabhupāda  is the founder and spiritual master of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and the author of  Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, Kṛṣṇa  and many other English versions of Vedic literature. His authoritative translations, commentaries and summary studies are standard textbooks of transcendental science.
Śrīla Prabhupāda  does not write with any professional motive in mind. Upon the order of his spiritual master, he has taken up the work of Kṛṣṇa consciousness as a matter of spiritual responsibility, and he has dedicated his life to spreading the message of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . His Divine Grace says, "It is the great need of modern civilization. I am hopeful of its good reception by the thinkers and leaders of society."
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda