DR. V.N. SHUKLA
M.A. (Sanskrit) M.A. (Hindi) LL.B., Ph.D.
Reader
Department of Hindi
M.U. Aligarh U.P. (India)
2, SHRIVATSA BHARATI NAGAR
Marris Road.  Aligarh (U.P.)

Dated 9th April 1976
To all Archakas, Pandits, Sanskrit scholars, professors and dharmacaryas. I consider as one of my greatest spiritual thrills that I had through a physical darshan of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on the 30th of March 1976 for the first time.

I had the rare privilege to see with my own eyes the very embodiment of Krishna Consciousness, the be-all and end-all of all beings.

Sri Swami Prabhupada has established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, which is spread in the 108 cities around the world.  All the members of Iskcon are pure Brahmins and Vaishnavas initiated in the most austere Sadhana recommended by the greatest Goswamis of Vrindavan, Sri Rupa Goswami, the author of Bhakti-rasamrta Sindhu and Sri Sanatan Goswami, the author of Hari Bhakti Vilasa and many other works.

I had earlier known Srila Prabhupada through his enormous works on Krishna Bhakti, the nucleus of all Indian Vedic spiritual literature. To name a few of them, the Bhagavad Gita As It Is, the Nectar of Devotion, Krishna (3 vols), Teachings of Lord Caitanya, the Srimad Bhagavatam, Sri Caitanya Caritamrta and the commentary on Sri Isopanisad will suffice.

It is noteworthy to mention that the Isopanisad Bhasya is the greatest contribution of Srila Prabhupada as it completely refutes the Mayavada arguments of Sankaracarya.  This book is a treasure to be possessed by every western scholar.

Words fail me to describe the height of scholarship and devotion manifested in the volumes mentioned above.  Our future generations and the posterity will definitively find a better world to live in through the efforts of Srila Prabhupada as He stands for the feelings of International Brotherhood and spiritual integration of all mankind which is the backbone of the Vedic SANATANA DHARMA of India.  The literary world outside India, particularly the Westerners, should be highly indebted to Him, who has so scientifically acquainted them with what is best in Krishna Conscious India.

I may be permitted to recommend to all scholars, professors and other Dharmacaryas the great importance and contribution of the books of Sri Swami Prabhupada.

Yours in the service of Krishna,
With best wishes,
Sri Viswanath Sukla, Ph.D.