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Umhlonishwa ongcwele u-A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda uvele kulomhlaba ngo-1896 e-Calcutta, India. Ukuqala kwakhe ukubona umphathi nomfundisi wakhe, u-Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta, bokukhona e-Calcutta, ngonyaka ka-1922. U-Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta waziwa njengomfundisi omkhulu ohloniphekile kanye ungumsunguli wamaKhungo Wolwazi (Veda Institutes) angamashumi ayisithupha-nane.
U-Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta wamuthandisisa kakhulu asa-qala ukubona lendodana, u-Prabhupāda, waphinde wamdelisa ukuthi aphe impilo yakhe ukufundisa abantu nomuzwa ka-Kṛṣṇa.
Ngo-1933 u-Śrīla Prabhupāda wavuma ukuba umfundi nomlandeli phansi kwa-Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta. Ngokubonana kwabo kokuqala u-Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta wathuma u-Prabhupāda ukuthi abhale lolwazi ka-Kṛṣṇa ngesiNgisi. Kundlule iminyaka phambi kokuthi u-Prabhupāda abhala umbono wakhe kwi-Bhagavad-gītā, bese ngo-1944 waqala i-Back to Godhead magazini ebhalwe ngesiNgisi.
Ayedwa kuphela, u-Prabhupāda ubhale, walungisa, wahlanganisa kanye wadayisa wonke amamagazini. Namhlanje abalandeli ka-Prabhupāda bachubeka ngalomsebenzi omangalisayo awuqala u-Prabhupāda.
Ngo-1950 u-Prabhupāda wayeka impilo yomshado nomndeni wakhe ukuze akwazi ukufaka wonke amandla wakhe nehliziyo yakhe ukufunda ngalomuzwa ka-Kṛṣṇa futhi noku bhala izincwadi. Usuke kumndeni wakhe waya endaweni enngcwele eyaziwa yi-Vṛndāvana. Khona e-Vṛndāvana waphila kalula njengomuntu othobile ebandleni lakudala, i-Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Dāmodara Temple. Kulapho, ngo-1959, u-Prabhupāda wamukela ukuba yi-sannyāsī, noma umuntu osethembise yonke impilo yakhe kuNkulunkulu, washiya phansi izindaba zalomhlaba. Khona e-Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Dāmodara, u-Prabhupāda uqale ukusebenza ku-Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. I-Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam yincwadi enkulu eyolwazi ka-Kṛṣṇa. Uphinde wabhala enye incwadi ebizwa yi-Easy Journey to other Plantets.
Pho aqeda ukubhala izahluku amathathu ze-Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, u-Prabhupāda wasuka e-India waya eMelika (America) ngoMandulo ka-1965, ukuphumelela ngesithembiso sakhe kumphathi nomfundisi wakhe u-Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta.
Sathi asafika eMelikangesikebe, u-Prabhupāda bekanganalo ngisho neshumi egameni lakhe. Makuqeda ukundlula unyakaelibele asokola ayedwa, u-Prabhupāda waphumelela ukubhalisa iBandla Lomuzwa Kṛṣṇa njenge, International Society for Kṛṣṇa Consciousness (ISKCON) ngo-1966.
Ngaphambi kokuthi ashone ngoLwezi ka-1977, leliBandla laka-ŚrīlaPrabhupāda belaziwa mhlaba jikelele. Wavula amanya amabandla wenkonzo ayikhulu, izikole kanye namapulazi wama-Hare Kṛṣṇa. U-ŚrīlaPrabhupāda wavusa ugqozi ukwakha amabilidi webandla e-India, e-Śrī Māyāpur Dhāma, e-West Bengal. Abalandeli baka-ŚrīlaPrabhupāda bakha ibilidi yenkonzo eyisimangaliso. Yona lendawo yenkonzo bazoyiqeda ukuyikwakha ngeminyaka eminingi ezayo.
U-Śrīla Prabhupāda kukaningi avakashela i-Afrika sathi asemhlabeni. Kulokundlula kwakhe wakhuluma nezixuku zabantu kanye wathatha abalandeli abambalwa abaphuma lapha e-Afrika.
Kodwa umsebenzi ka-ŚrīlaPrabhupāda omkhulu odlula wonke izincwadi zakhe. U-Prabhupāda uhloniphwe kuwo wonke umhlaba ngabantu abafundile abasemayunivesithi. Kuthiwa inkanyiso yolwazi ezincwadini zakhe nobulula lokufunda kuyathokozisa. Kuyiko wavula i-Bhaktivedanta Book Trust ngo-1972. Ngeminyaka eyishumi nambili u-Prabhupāda ujike wonke lomhlaba ngezinkathi eziyishumi-nane ezihlukene. Ngapandle kwaloku uyewakhona ukubhala lezizincwadi nobuningi.
Ngo-2011, isiqumbi sase-Afrika se-Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBTA) ivulwe e-Johannesburg, South Africa. Manje umsebenzi ka-Prabhupāda sowuhumushwa kuzonke izilimi zakulezizwe zase-Afrika.