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is practical for all the people of the world. It was His wish that the
Srimad-Bhagavatam be preached in every nook and corner of the world by
those who happened to take their birth in India.

The Srimad-Bhagavatam is the science of Krsna, the Absolute Personality
of Godhead of whom we have preliminary information from the text of
the Bhagavad-gita. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has said that anyone, regard-
less of what he is, who is well versed in the science of Krsna (Srimad-
Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita) can become an authorized preacher or
preceptor in the science of Krsna.

There is a need for the science of Krsna in human society for the good
of all suffering humanity of the world, and we simply request the leaders
of all nations to pick up this science of Krsna for their own good, for the
good of society and for the good of all the world’s people.

A SHORT SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF LORD
CAITANYA, THE PREACHER OF SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM

Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the great apostle of love of God and the
father of the congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord,
advented Himself at Sridhama Mayapura, a quarter in the city of Navadvipa
in Bengal, on the Phalguni Pairnima evening in the year 1407 Sakabda
(corresponding to February 1486 by the Christian calendar).

His father, Sri Jagannatha Misra, a learned brahmana from the district
of Sylhet, came to Navadvipa as a student because at that time Navadvipa
was considered to be the center of education and culture. He domiciled on
the banks of the Ganges after marrying Srimati Sacidevi, a daughter of
Srila Nilambara Cakravarti, the great learned scholar of Navadvipa.

Jagannatha Misra had a number of daughters by his wife Srimati
Sacidevi, and most of them expired at an early age. Two surviving sons,
Sri Vigvaripa and Visvambhara, became at last the object of their paternal
affection. The tenth and youngest son, who was named Visvambhara, later
became known as Nimai Pandit and then, after accepting the renounced
order of life, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu exhibited His transcendental activities
for forty-eight years and then disappeared in the year 1455 Sakabda at
Puri.

For His first twenty-four years He remained at Navadvipa as a student
and householder. His first wife was Srimati Laksmipriya, who died at an
early age when the Lord was away from home. When He returned from
