Brilliant As The Sun
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Five thousand years ago in India many saints and sages gathered
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on the banks of the sacred river Ganges.
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They came from throughout the world to witness the last seven days
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in the life of the great devotee, King Pariksit.
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The King had renounced his fabulous wealth
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to dedicate his few remaining days to spiritual enlightenment.
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At that meeting Sukadeva Goswami, the most exalted sage in the assembly
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narrated the pastimes and teachings of Lord Sri Krishna,
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the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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He discussed all aspects of knowledge from the creation of the material universe
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to the culture of spiritual life and held the King and sages in rapt attention.
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His teachings, known as the Bhagavata Purana or Srimad-Bhagavatam
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were transcribed in the ancient Sanskrit language
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and their glories are thus explained in the Bhagavata itself.
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This Bhagavata Purana is as brilliant as the sun and has arisen just after the departure of
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Lord Krishna to His own abode accompanied by religion and knowledge, etc.
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Persons who have lost their vision due to the dense darkness of this age of Kali
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shall get light from this Purana.
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Through the ages these teachings about Lord Sri Krishna were transmitted intact
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from spiritual master to disciple.
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Sripada Madhvacharya
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Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
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The Goswamis of Vrindavana
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Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
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Sri Gaurakisora dasa Babaji
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And, in the early 20th century, Srila Bhaktsiddhanta Saraswaiti Thakura
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who ordered his disciples to preach Krishna consciousness around the world.
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He especially desired to distribute Krishna conscious literature in the Western countries.
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His disciple, His Divine Grace, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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took this order as his very life.
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In 1966 he founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
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for worldwide preaching.
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Then for worldwide publishing he established the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.
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Srila Prabhupada himself is the author of all of the books.
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He has been acclaimed as the world’s most distinguished scholar and teacher
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of Vedic philosophy and culture.
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While translating each Sanskrit verse he refers to books of commentary
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by previous spiritual masters and then gives a thorough explanation of the text.
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Srila Visvananta Chakravati Thakura gives in this connection a description
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of the difference of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and ordinary living being.
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So this is…
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This has been described in the previous verse.
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The purport is that Supreme Lord, He is omnipotent, omniscient. He knows everything.
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But the living being does not know actually what is the position
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of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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That is the difference between the Supreme Personality of Godhead
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and ordinary living being.
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Now we will follow one verse as it journeys from translation by Srila Prabhupada
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through the process of book publication to its distribution around the world.
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This Bhagavata Purana is as brilliant as the Sun. And it has arisen
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just after the departure of Lord Krishna to His own abode, accompanied by religion,
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knowledge, etc. Persons who have lost their vision due to the dense darkness of ignorance
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in this age of Kali shall get light from this Purana.
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Navadvipa dasa please report to graphic design. Navadvipa dasa.
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Damodar Prabhu please pick up on line 40.
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Srimad-Bhagavatam, we require one hundred thousand copies.
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But on this reprint we’d like two hundred and fifty thousand.
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Prabhu this package just arrived by air freight from India.
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Jaya. This is the latest translation of Srimad-Bhagavatam by our spiritual master.
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Prabhu take this manuscript to the Sanskrit department
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and tell them it’s first priority. And put a mark against Srila Prabhupada’s name.
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From the production manager the manuscript goes to the Sanskrit department.
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Here we see that the ancient script has been rendered into Roman letters.
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The editor is adding diacritical marks as a guide to pronunciation.
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This Bhagavata Purana is as brilliant as the Sun comma
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and it has arisen just after the departure of Lord Krishna to cap-H His own abode comma
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accompanied by religion comma knowledge comma etc.period…
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The English editor now checks the manuscript for proper punctuation , grammar
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and spelling. He dictates the corrected text onto a tape.
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This recording is then transcribed.
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In the composing room devotees retype the text on computerized machines
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that transfer each typed letter into an electronic code.
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The codes are recorded on magnetic tape. Any language can be composed in this way.
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The tape, with its coded information, is now fed into an electronic computer.
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The coded impulses from the tape are stored in the computers memory bank..
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Then the computer activates a phototypesetter. The typesetter converts the stored codes
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into light sensitive impressions on photographic paper.
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When the paper is developed in a processor the resulting image looks
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exactly as it will appear in the finished book.
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The typesetting machine can run off more than two thousand characters per minute.
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At this rate the entire Srimad-Bhagavatam as Sukadeva Goswami first spoke it
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could be reproduced in twenty-four hours.
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The layout man cuts the photographic paper to page size and mounts it on art-board.
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Next the page is photographed on a reproduction camera.
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The retoucher removes any blemishes from the negative.
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Before the book is printed blueprints are made of all the negatives
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and the blueprints are carefully proof-read.
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Meanwhile, during this entire operation, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust artists
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illustrate verses and purports from pages of the Bhagavatam.
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They begin with pencil sketches portraying the scenes exactly as they are written.
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These sketches are sent to Srila Prabhupada for approval and then traced on canvas.
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With great care and devotion oils are applied.
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The artists have to work quickly to keep pace with modern book production techniques.
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This painting, for instance, took only two weeks to complete.
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For reproduction the finished painting is photographed with a special studio camera.
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A reading on a color analyzer assures that the colors are correctly balanced on the final print.
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The devotee technician programs a computer processor which automatically develops the print.
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Next the picture goes to the layout department where it is scaled to the proper size.
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The book is now ready to print.
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At this point page proofs are checked for accurate color reproduction.
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After being printed the books are stored at the BBT warehouse in Los Angeles.
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From there they are shipped throughout the world.
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Devotees load thousands of books into special air containers to jet-freight
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rush orders within twenty-four hours.
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The narrations concerning the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna,
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are the oldest writings known to man. Over generations they have influenced civilizations
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in both the East and the West. Now, under Srila Prabhupada’s guidance,
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the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust has become the world’s largest publisher and distributor
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of these spiritual classics.
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In English language editions alone the book trust has sold thirty million magazines
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and ten million books.
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It’s greatest undertaking is the continuing publication of the sixty-volume
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Srimad-Bhagavatam, the essence of all spiritual and material knowledge.
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The ultimate source of everything that be is explained rationally and authoratively
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in the beautiful Bhagavatam therefore it is the transcendental science meant for the
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re-spiritualization of the entire human society.
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Another publication of major importance is the seventeen volume
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Sri Caitanya-caritamrta. The original Bengali verses translated and explained by
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Srila Prabhupada describe the life and teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
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The Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna Himself appeared
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as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to deliver the easiest and most sublime process
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for self-realization in this age.
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These books offer original Sanskrit and Bengali texts, Roman transliterations,
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word-for-word English synonyms, concise translations and readable purports
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by Srila Prabhupada.
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They also feature detailed glossaries, general indexes and verse indexes,
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pronunciation guides and original full-color paintings and photographs.
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Also published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust are a number of shorter works
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in cloth and paper editions.
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In 1944 Srila Prabhupada started publishing “Back to Godhead” magazine in India.
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Now his disciples are continuing this work in many other countries.
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The English language edition has a monthly circulation of one million copies
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making it the West’s most popular periodical on Vedic philosophy and culture.
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His Divine Grace is the spiritual master of a world-wide movement
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and his books have thus been translated into fifteen major languages
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including Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Swedish, Dutch,
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Portuguese, Polish, Swahili, Gujarati, Hindi and Bengali.
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is is the Western world’s best selling and most widely used
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edition of India’s greatest religious classic.
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Nearly one million copies of the English edition have been sold.
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Srila Prabhupada’s books are studied in universities and colleges throughout the world.
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In America alone ninety percent of the colleges have already ordered these books
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for their students, professors and libraries.
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Harvard, Yale and Oxford lead the list of prestigious schools
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that have placed standing orders for all seventeen volumes of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
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and the entire sixty volume set of Srimad-Bhagavatam.
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Throughout the world scholars glorify Srila Prabhupada’s writings.
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Dr. J. Bruce Long of Cornell University praised Srila Prabhupada’s works as,
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“A cause for celebration.”
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And Dr. Daniel H. H. Ingles of Harvard said,
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“I am most happy to have these handsomely printed volumes.”
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Dr. Garry Gelade of Oxford University wrote,
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“This is a work to be treasured. The spirit of its message shines brightly from the pages.”
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Devotees at the temples of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
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study their spiritual masters books daily.
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They have dedicated their lives to presenting the teachings of Krishna consciousness
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to the entire human society.
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Hare Krishna Sir. May I have a moment of your time? –Yea. Sure.
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I’m from the Krishna temple and on the request of my spiritual master,
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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada,
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we’re making these ancient books on transcendental knowledge
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available to the people here in the West.
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This is the history of the life and activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
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Lord Sri Krishna.
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I’ll show you one verse which is very good, it gives a basic idea of the book.
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It says, “This Bhagavata Purana is as brilliant as the Sun and it has arisen
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just after the departure of Lord Krishna to His own abode accompanied by religion,
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knowledge, etc. Persons who have lost their vision due to the dense darkness in this age
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of Kali shall get light from this Purana.
