Srila Prabhupada translated and wrote purports to 18,000 verses of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Reading one verse with purport daily would take the reader 49.31 years to complete.He translated and wrote purports to 700 verses of Bhagavad-gita. It would take the reader approximately two years to complete.He translated and wrote purports to 17 volumes of Chaitanya-charitamrita (2,170 pages, or 11,555 verses). Reading one verse with purport daily would take the reader 31.6 years to complete. Reading one page daily would take the reader 5.9 years to complete.He wrote Teachings of Lord Chaitanya, a synopsis of Chaitanya-charitamrita;and wrote Nectar of Devotion;Ishopanishad.He created a monthly magazine, Back To Godhead, which at one point was distributed in excess of one million copies per month.Under his explicit direction and inspiration, hundreds of artful illustrations were published in all the above-mentioned books.He wrote over 7,000 personal letters to his disciples, published in five volumes of books;He gave lectures on Srimad-Bhagavatam, compiled into 11 volumes of books .He gave lectures on Bhagavad-gita, compiled into seven volumes of books.His darshan conversations have been compiled into 42 volumes of books.He produced phonograph records.He established 108 temples (including Mayapur, Vrindaban, Bombay--with hotel or guest houses, Hyderabad temple, New Vrindaban and Gita Nagari farm communities).His published books total some 160. Reading one book per week would take three years, or one book a month, 13 years. One book every two months equals 26 years of reading, about twice the time it took Prabhupada to write them. Probably we will not live that long. If one started reading today, he would not finish till the year 2019. Think of it!All the while, Prabhupada was constantly travelling, going around the world at least twelve times from the age of 70 until 80 years.
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