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With the Bhagavatam Tales Book 1 in hand, prepare yourself to experience age old wisdom layered with a contemporary touch. This volume begins with the story of Sage Vyasa who wrote all the Vedas and Puranas, and finally Srimad Bhagavatam by the inspiration of Narada Muni. This treatise brings to you 32 stories of great personalities like Dhruva, Brahma, Siva, Sati, Suniti, Vyasa, Narada, Devahuti, Parikshit and more from the first four cantos of Srimad Bhagavatam. The smooth flow paired with lucid language makes this paperback a feast for the minds of our dear bubbly readers. To top it all up, the vibrantly colored imagery, practical takeaways, and thought-provoking activities are sure to steal their hearts. Let’s equip the young minds with values like compassion, responsibility, forgiveness, positivity, friendship, respect, leadership, gratitude, and so on, through an engaging narration of timeless stories. Penned by Gauranga Darshan Das, this fusion of simplicity and applicability presents ancient wisdom to the modern needs of readers young and young at heart. A blend that runs beyond your imagination, this book is sure to become your priced possession.

BHAGAVATA SUBODHINI Canto 10 Part 1 by Gauranga Darshan Das The TENTH CANTO of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam represents the beautiful lotus face of Lord Kṛṣṇa and comprehensively describes the topic of āśraya, or the Supreme shelter Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Śukadeva Gosvāmī ecstatically describes in this longest canto, the appearance of Lord Kṛṣṇa and His pastimes in Vṛndāvana, Mathurā, Dvārakā, Hastināpura and other places. Lord Kṛṣṇa’s unlimited transcendental attributes, His amazing reciprocations with the love of His devotees, and His compassionate deliverance of those who were inimical to Him, as described in this canto, are the worthiest subject matters for one’s contemplation. They constitute the most precious gift for the devotees to absorb themselves in Lord Kṛṣṇa’s glories. BHĀGAVATA SUBODHINĪ unveils the exciting structure and flow of Srimad Bhagavatam by giving the connections between the chapters, sections, subsections and verses, in a concise and colorful manner. In this multivolume series, Gauranga Darshan Das integrates the explanations of Srila Prabhupada and the previous acharyas, and presents them in a simplified form, to assist avid readers, scholars, and even newcomers in their Bhagavatam study.

BHAGAVATA SUBODHINI CANTO 9 by Gauranga Darshan Das is a systematic study guide to the Ninth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. This book presents all the wonderful stories of the kings of the Sun dynasty and the Moon Dynasty in the current (Vaivasvata) manvantara including Lord Rama, Lord Parasurama and several great kings including Ambarisha, Mandhata, Ikshvaku, Hariscandra, Sagara, Bhagiratha, Yayati, Pururava, Rantideva and many others, ending with a prelude to Lord Krishna’s appearance and pastimes in the Tenth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. Maintaining a similar style like that of his previous volumes of Bhagavata Subodhini series, Gauranga Darshan Das presents this seventh volume in a colourful and concise form with verse-by-verse overview of the chapters divided into sections, subsections and their interconnections, summary tables, flowcharts, nectar slokas, thematic compilations, and additional notes from the commentaries of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Visvanath Cakravarti Thakur.

Read all the enthralling pastimes of the Supreme Lord in the MANVANTARAS of the current day of Lord Brahma in Bhagavata Subodhini Canto 8. The Eighth Canto of the Bhagavatam vividly presents the theme of Manvantara or the reign of the Manus. Manus are the administrators of the universe, appointed by the Supreme Lord. There are fourteen Manus who rule in one kalpa or a day of Lord Brahma that spans over 1000 catur-yugas (catur-yuga is the combination of the four yugas namely Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali). Thus, each Manu rules for about seventy-one catur-yugas. In every manvantara, there are six kinds of personalities who manage various functions of the universe.

Bhagavata Subodhini Canto 7 is the fifth volume of the series, and gives a bird’s eye view of the expanse and the depth of the most enchanting pastimes of Lord Narasimha-deva, the selfless and seamless devotion of Prahlada Maharaja, and the gist of the Varna-asrama dharma, along with many original illustrations. Maintaining a similar style like that of his previous volumes of Bhagavata Subodhini, Gauranga Darshan Das presents this volume on the Seventh Canto for easy readability and assimilation of its contents and delight in the splendour of its message.

Bhagavata Subodhini Canto 5 & 6 is the fourth volume of the series, and gives a bird’s eye view of the expanse and the depth of the Fifth and the Sixth Cantos of Srimad Bhagavatam. This volume presents the most wonderful stories of King Priyavraya, Lord Rishabhadeva, King Bharata, the universal cosmology, Ajamila, Daksha, Indra, Vritrasura, Chitraketu and several others, along with many original illustrations. The cosmology sections are specifically presented in a very lucid manner with relevant illustrations and charts. Maintaining a similar style like that of his previous volumes of Bhagavata Subodhini, Gauranga Darshan Das presents this volume for easy readability and assimilation of its contents and delight in the splendour of its message.

Bhagavata Subodhini Canto 4 by Gauranga Darshan Das presents the Fourth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam in a systematic and simplified manner. The Fourth Canto unveils inspiring and instructive stories of admired personalities like Lord Siva, Suniti, Dhruva, Narada, Anga, Prithu and the Pracetas, who all showed extraordinary examples of bhakti. One can also learn about the unfavourable attitudes in bhakti from the mistakes of characters like Daksha, Suruci, Vena, Indra and Pracinabarhi. We get to witness how the positive transformation undergone by many of these personalities, due the intervention of devotees, adds to the glory of bhakti. Furthermore, the prayers of pure devotees like Dhruva, Prithu and the Pracetas uncovers the depths of the highest aspiration of a devotee – to hear krsna-katha in the association of devotees.

In Bhagavata Subodhini Canto 3, Gauranga Darshan Das presents the 33 chapters of the third canto of Srimad Bhagavatam concisely with the usual verse-by-verse overview divided into sections, with their interconnections, summary tables, flowcharts, nectar verses, thematic compilations, and additional notes from the acharya commentaries. Delight on the amazing universal creation pastimes of the Supreme Lord, and the further creation carried out by Lord Brahma and others. Understand the elaborate and technical aspects of the creation from the simplified explanations. Read, relish and recollect the pastimes of Lord Varaha, the description of Vaikuntha, the household life of Kardama Muni and Devahuti, and finally the philosophical teachings of Lord Kapila.

Bhagavata Subodhini Cantos 1 & 2, the first book in the Bhagavata Subodhini series, presents the wonderful history of the appearance of Srimad Bhagavatam, and narrations of the main personalities including Vyasadeva, Narada Muni, King Parikshit, Sukadeva Goswami, the Pandavas and Lord Krishna Himself, and various paths on the Vedic landscape including the Ashtanga yoga, the Universal form (virat-rupa), and establishes the glory of Bhakti-yoga. Gauranga Darshan Das presents this book in a colourful and concise form with verse-by-verse overview of the chapters divided into sections, subsections and their interconnections, summary tables, flowcharts, vital verses, thematic compilations, and additional notes from the commentaries of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Visvanath Cakravarti Thakur

Updated - Enriching the Experience of Bhagavad Gita Study GITA SUBODHINI by Gauranga Darshan Das is a systematic study guide to Bhagavad Gita. Gita Subodhini unveils the exciting structure and flow of the Gita by giving the connections between chapters, subsections and verses in a lucid and colourful manner based on the commentaries of Srila Prabhupada, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur and Srila Baladeva Vidyabhushana. Gita Subodhini gives a bird’s eye view of the expanse and the depth of the teachings of Lord Krishna in the Gita with simplified flow charts, summary tables, diagrams, additional notes from the commentaries of acharyas, special descriptions on vital verses, along with interesting thematic compilations and many other features. Gauranga Darshan Das presents this colourful book for easy readability and assimilation of Gita’s contents and delight in the splendour of its message. Gita Subodhini simplifies the apparent complexity in understanding the Bhagavad-gita, by integrating the explanations of our great acharyas, thus catering for the taste and the needs of avid readers, scholars and newcomers. Thus Gita Subodhini becomes a constant companion for all Gita lovers.