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Rascal Editors Distort Sacred Texts, Devotee Scholars Must Guard Authenticity

📅 June 22, 1977 📍 Vrindavan ⏱ 66 min
Unauthorized editorial changes by unqualified scholars pose a grave threat to the authentic preservation of Krishna's teachings.
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Prabhupāda: Where are others? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Shall I get other people? Śatadhanya Mahārāja? [long pause]

Prabhupāda: That... Find this verse, munayaḥ sādhu pṛṣṭo 'ham... [SB 1.2.5]. Devotee (1): Munayaḥ sādhu pṛṣṭo 'ham.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: [aside:] There's no index. It's not a new Bhāgavatam. There's no index in this Bhāgavatam. Munayaḥ sādhu...?

"The Effects of Kali-yuga" chapter? Is that the verse, about the effects of Kali-yuga? No. [background talking, looking for verse] munayaḥ sādhu pṛṣṭo 'haṁ bhavadbhir loka-maṅgalam yat kṛtaḥ kṛṣṇa-sampraśno yenātmā suprasīdati [SB 1.2.5] "munayaḥ—of the sages; sādhu—this is relevant; pṛṣṭaḥ—questioned; aham..." Prabhupāda: No?

What is that? Sādhu? What is that? Munayaḥ?

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Says, "sādhu—this is relevant." Prabhupāda: Relevant? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: That's what it's translated as, "this is relevant." May be a mistake. Devotee (1): It's a mistake.

Prabhupāda: Munayaḥ? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: "Munayaḥ—of the sages; sādhu—this is relevant..." Prabhupāda: The nonsense, they are... They are correcting my trans... Rascal.

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