Preface

e offer our respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhu-
pada, the Founder-Acarya of the International Society for
Krsna Consciousness who has delivered the ‘‘Light of the
Bhagawata”’ 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 Bhagawata’’ in the English
language.

Of all His Divine Grace's writings, this work is perhaps the
most unique. It was written in Vrindavan 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,
Srila Prabhupada considered deeply how he could best pre-
sent the timeless teachings of the Srimad Bhagawatam suit-
able to the Oriental people. The original Bhagavatam 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 Srimad-Bhagavatam for
presentation.

The twentieth chapter is a description of the autumn sea-
son in Vrindavan, the place of Lord Krsna’s appearance. Srila

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