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Srimad-Bhagavatam

At once a sacred history, a theological treatise, and a philosophical text, the Srimad-Bhagavatam “stands out by reason of its literary excellence, the organization that it brings to its vast material, and the effect that it has had on later writers”. Praising the poetry of the Bhagavatam, scholar of religion Edwin Bryant says, “cholars of the text have every right to say that ‘the Bhagavata can be ranked with the best of the literary works produced by mankind.’”

It was this great work that Prabhupada, after taking sannyasa, set out to present in English, with, once again, the original Sanskrit text, its word-for-word meanings, a translation, and an in-depth commentary. Also known as Srimad-Bhagavata Purana, Bhagavata Purana, or just the Bhagavata Srimad-Bhagavatam is a work of twelve books (“ cantos ” was the word Prabhupada used) comprising more than fourteen thousand verse couplets. “ Srimad ” means “beautiful” or “glorious”.

Prabhupada began his translation and commentary on the Bhagavatam after accepting sannyasa in 1959, and by 1965 he had completed and published the first canto. He worked on translating the Srimad-Bhagavatam into English for the rest of his life.

The cantos were published one by one, as he finished them. He completed nine cantos and thirteen chapters of the tenth. The rest of the Bhagavatam was completed by his disciples.