Srila Prabhupada's opening words to SB Canto 8

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First of all, let me offer my humble, respectful

obeisances unto the

lotus

feet of my spiritual master, His Divine Grace Sri

Srimad

Bhaktisiddhanta

Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada. Sometime in the year

1935 when His Divine

Grace was staying at Radha-kunda, I went to see him

from Bombay. At

that

time, he gave me many important instructions in regard

to constructing

temples and publishing books. He personally told me

that publishing

books is

more important than constructing temples. Of course,

those same

instructions

remained within my mind for many years. In 1944 I

began publishing my

Back

to Godhead, and when I retired from family life in

1958 I began

publishing

Srimad-Bhagavatam in Delhi. When three parts of

Srimad-Bhagavatam had

been

published in India, I then started for the United

States of America on

the

thirteenth of August, 1965.

 

I am continuously trying to publish books, as

suggested by my spiritual

master. Now, in this year, 1976, I have completed the

Seventh Canto of

Srimad-Bhagavatam, and a summary of the Tenth Canto

has already been

published as Krsna, the Supreme Personality of

Godhead. Still, the

Eighth

Canto, Ninth Canto, Tenth Canto, Eleventh Canto and

Twelfth Canto are

yet to

be published. On this occasion, therefore, I am

praying to my spiritual

master to give me strength to finish this work. I am

neither a great

scholar

nor a great devotee; I am simply a humble servant of

my spiritual

master,

and to the best of my ability I am trying to please

him by publishing

these

books, with the cooperation of my disciples in

America. Fortunately,

scholars all over the world are appreciating these

publications. Let us

cooperatively publish more and more volumes of

Srimad-Bhagavatam just

to

please His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

Thakura.

 

 

 

 

 

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