Srila Prabhupada's Books and Purports

(based on a seminar by Ekanath Das, Radhadesh 2000)

The Sour e Te!ts Some Srimad Bha"a#atam $ommentaries %ost SB $ommentaries Tika&kara&"anera Tatparya (' hierar hy o( $ommentin" ' aryas) Earlier $ommentaries )n )ther Books *hat +ent into the books, -o+ did it "et into the books, -o+ +ere the books produ ed,
Books of Srila Prabhupada contain distilled knowledge from commentaries (usually called tikas or bhasyas) of previous Vaisnava acaryas. This makes them uni ue source of reali!ed knowledge. To know the history and the way how they become manifested means to better understand them. This information is provided for the books with purports" Srimad Bhagavatam (SB)# Bhagavad$gita (B%)# Sri &sopanisad (&S')# (ectar of &nstruction (('&)# (ectar of )evotion (('))# and *aitanya$caritamrta (**). 'ther books are mainly compilations from lectures and conversations. The Sour e Te!ts SB" *anto +$,*anto .# %ita Press edition *anto /# *h. +$,0*anto /# *h. ,1$.+ %audiya 2atha edition *anto 3$+4# %audiya 2atha edition B%" %ita Press edition&S'" 5anva recension# 6panisad version ('&" %audiya 2atha edition (')" %audiya 2atha edition **" %audiya 2atha edition 7ll verse translations from SB /.,1 to +4.+. follow Bhaktisiddhanta 2ahara8a9s Bengali verse translations. 7ll verse translations from SB ..+3 to ...+ follow (and in many cases are verbatim) the :nglish verse translations of the %ita Press edition of the Srimad$Bhagavatam. (Srimad$Bhagavata Purana# , vols. :d. and trans. *.;. %oswami and 2.7. Sastri. %orakhpur" %ita Press# +<0+). &n some cases even materials from the footnotes in this edition have entered into Srila Prabhupada9s purports. 7ll word$by$word sections from SB /.,1 to +4.+. follow Bhaktisiddhanta 2ahara8a9s Sanskrit anvaya (natural word order). 7ll *hapter Summaries in Srila Prabhupada9s Bhagavatam (they begin in 3th*anto) are translated from haktisiddhanta 2ahara8a9s katha$sara. Some Srimad Bha"a#atam $ommentaries

= Sridhara Svami: Bhavartha$dipika +/th cent. Vamsidhara: Bhavartha$dipika$prakasa +1,4$<4 Radha-ramana-dasa Gosvami: )ipika$dipani Ganga-sahaya: 7nvitartha$prakasika +1</$<0 = Viraraghavacarya: Bhagavata$candrika +/th cent. = Vijayadhvaja-tirtha: Pada$ratnavali +3th cent. = Jiva Gosvami: 5rama$Sandarbha +>th cent. Brhad$krama$sandarbha (+4th canto) = Visvanatha Cakravarti: Sarartha$darsini +0th cent. = Sukadeva: Siddhanta$pradipa Giridhara-lala: Bala$prabodhini +134$+<44 Bhagavat$prasadacarya" Bhakta$mano$ran8ani = Sanatana Gosvami: Vaisnava$tosani (+4th canto) +>th cent. Brhad$vaisnava$tosani (+4th canto) Vallabhacarya: Subodhini +>th cent. = Madhvacarya: Bhagavata$tatparya$nirnaya +.th cent. = Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati: 7nanta$gopala Tathya +<,.$.3# Sindhu$vaibhava Vivrti +<,.$.3 (= e?plicitly uoted by Srila Prabhupada) Sridhara Svami $ line of Visnu$svami (@udra$sampradaya) Viraraghavacarya $ line of @amanu8acarya (Sri$sampradaya) Sukadeva $ line of (imbarkacarya (5umara$sampradaya) 2adhvacarya $ line of ;ord Brahma %iridhara$lala $ line of Vallabhacarya %ost SB $ommentaries +. Sankaracarya# according to Vi8ayadhva8a$tirtha# wrote a commentary on the Bhagavatam. ,. Sridhara Svami supposedly stated that his commentary is strictly based on the earlier commentary of *it$sukhacarya (disciple of Sankara and alleged incarnation of Varuna). 7ccording to @.(. Sharma# *itsukha lived in +,,4$+,1/. Tika&kara&"anera Tatparya (' hierar hy o( $ommentin" ' aryas) (from Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura9s Vivrti *ommentary to SB ,.<...) Bhagavatarka$marici$mala (Bhaktivinoda Thakura) 7mrta$pravaha$bhanya (Bhaktivinoda Thakura) Visvanatha 5avira8a Sri Aiva Sridhara 2adhva Vi8ayadhva8a Viraraghava Siddhanta$pradipa Vallabha Vivrti Earlier $ommentaries )n )ther Books B%" +. @amanu8acarya Bhasya (Sanskrit) ,. Sarartha$varsini$tika (Sanskrit) by Visvanatha *akravarti Thakura

.. %ita$bhusana$tika (Sanskrit) by Baladeva Vidyabhusana /. Bhaktivinoda Thakura9s Bengali commentaries &S'" +. 2adhva$bhasya (Sanskrit) ,. Baladeva$vidyabhusana$bhasya (Sanskrit) .. Vedartha$didhiti (Sanskrit) by Bhaktivinoda Thakura /. 7nuvada B Bhavartha (Bengali) by Bhaktivinoda Thakura ('& (6padesamrta by @upa %osvami)" +. 6padesa$prakasika tika# (Sanskrit) by @adha$ramana$dasa %osvami ,. Sri$upadesamrta$bhasa# (Bengali couplets) by Bhaktivinoda Thakura .. Piyusa$varsini$vrtti# (Bengali prose) by Bhaktivinoda Thakura /. Sri$upadesamrta$bhasa# (Bengali couplets) by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati 3. 7nuvrtti# (Bengali prose) by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (') (Bhakti$rasamrta$sindhu by @upa %osvami)" +. )urgama$sangamani$tika# (Sanskrit) by Aiva %osvami ,. 7rtha$ratnalpa$dipika# (Sanskrit) by 2ukunda$dasa %osvami .. Bhakti$sara$pradarsini$tika# (Sanskrit) by Visvanatha *akravarti Thakura ** by 5rsnadasa 5avira8a %osvami" +. 7mrta$pravaha$bhasya# (Bengali prose) by Bhaktivinoda Thakura ,. 7nubhasya# (Bengali prose) by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Srila Prabhupada uotes e?plicitly commentaries of" B%" Baladeva Vidyabhusana Bhaktivinoda Thakura &S'" $ ('&" Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (')" Aiva %osvami **" Bhaktivinoda Thakura Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati *hat +ent into the books,

+. The source material itself ,. :arlier commentaries .. Cuotes from related sastras /. The author9s own words 3. 'ther materials -o+ did it "et into the books, +. copied from the original ,. translated from the original .. written or dictated by the author /. uoted from memory by the author 3. inserted by the editors (verses# references etc.) -o+ +ere the books produ ed, typing" Srila Prabhupada dictating" Srila Prabhupada to tape transcribing" various devotees# from tape to paper The original manuscripts# original tapes (most recordings unfortunately did not survive because the tapes were being reused over and over again) and original transcripts are archived by Bhaktivedanta 7rchives# (* (6S7) (www.prabhupada.com). 2ost of their copies are in the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust head uarters in Sweden (www.tattva.com)