Dear devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Srimad-Bhagavata Vidyapitham, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust's Sanskrit school founded by H.G Gopiparanadhana Prabhu,is inviting applicants to join its program at the start of its seventh year of operation on November 8, 2013.

Bhagavata Sastri Course

The Bhagavata Sastri course offered at the school is unique in many ways:

  • The students are taught the art of reading the acaryas' commentaries on the Srimad-Bhagavatam and translating Sanskrit devotional texts into English with the prospect of serving as BBT Sanskrit translators and editors;
  • It offers a systematic course on Srila Jiva Goswami's masterpiece, the Sat-sandarbhas, foundational to Gaudiya Vaisnava philosophy and practice;
  • It enables the students to master the entire grammar of the Sanskrit language, based on Srila Jiva Goswami's Hari-namamrita-vyakarana, in a matter of just two years;
  • After completing their study of grammar, students are also offered courses in Sanskrit kavya (poetry) and nyaya (logic);
  • The course trains students to speak Sanskrit with ease and elegance;
  • And, what's more, the course is ABSOLUTELY FREE for all admitted students, including accommodation and prasadam, for its entire duration of two years. For residence in our asrama facilities, applicants should ideally be brahmacaris.

Interested to join us? Then all you need to apply for the upcoming course is:

1. to have strong inclination for brahminical life style;
2. to have successfully passed the Bhakti-sastri exam;
3. to get a recommendation from your spiritual master and/or your local authority (TP, GBC);
4. to be reasonably fluent in English;
5. to fill in the attached application form
6. Contact us at: matsya.avatara@pamho.net before November 1, 2013.pp

Application Form
Srimad Bhagavata Vidyapitham Broucher PDF 


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Your servants at the Srimad-Bhagavata Vidyapitham.

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