Srila Prabhupada says: Therefore we presented Bhagavad-gītā as it is, not a rascalism.

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Tue., Dec. 15 at 11:27 a.m.

Subject: Fw: Srila Prabhupada says: Therefore we presented Bhagavad-gītā as it is, not a rascalism.

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Srila Prabhupada says: Therefore we presented Bhagavad-gītā as it is, not a rascalism.

 

The following excerpt from a Morning walk is yet another verdict saying that the Original Macmillan 1972 Edition is the one and only "As It Is" edition. 

 

Some important review points from the excerpt:

• Therefore we presented Bhagavad-gītā as it is, not a rascalism.
  
• After having read so many Bhagavad-gītās, everyone has said that "At last Bhagavad-gītā is very clear and simple to me. I have not understood before."
  
•  Because all these so-called Bhagavad-gītā commentaries written by rascals, that's all.
  
• They are all rascals. They cannot understand what is Bhagavad-gītā. The Macmillan Company's trade manager has admitted that while others' Bhagavad-gītā is selling less, this is increasing. 
  

Here it is mentioned by a devotee who says where "everyone" admits that the BG is very clear and simple to them. Srila Prabhupada also says that "The Macmillan Company's trade manager has admitted that while others' Bhagavad-gītā is selling less, this is increasing. " which clearly means that this is the only authorized and a bonafide edition. 

 

Excerpt:

Guru-gaurāṅga: You caught him in the end, though, when you said: "If Kṛṣṇa is man, then this is no value." And then he said, "How do you know Kṛṣṇa really spoke this? How do you know this is really Kṛṣṇa?" So actually, he just did not accept Kṛṣṇa from the beginning.

Srila Prabhupāda: No. He thinks that "Kṛṣṇa is a bigger philosopher, that's all. And I am also philosopher. So He has got His opinion, I have got my opinion. That's all." They think like that. That is described, avajānanti māṁ mūḍhāḥ (BG 9.11): "These rascals thinks Me as one of him, one like him, just see." Mūḍha. Avajānanti māṁ mūḍhāḥ. Therefore Dr. Radhakrishnan and other rascals like him, they think, "Why Kṛṣṇa shall say, 'Surrender unto Me?' " This is sophistry. What is the meaning of sophistry?

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Half-wise and half-foolish.

Srila Prabhupāda: Huh?

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Sophist is half-wise and half-foolish

Srila Prabhupāda: Yes. He thinks that, "I am as good philosopher as Kṛṣṇa. Why shall I surrender to Kṛṣṇa? I have got my own opinion." He thinks like that. And that rascal is writing commentary on Bhagavad-gītā. And it is selling also. Therefore we presented Bhagavad-gītā as it is, not a rascalism.

Yogeśvara: People buy his book because he is the former president of India. They think he's authority.

Srila Prabhupāda: That's all. He does not know that he is a fool number one, fully under the con . . . now his position . . . I saw him in Madras.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Paralyzed, paralyzed.

Srila Prabhupāda: Whatever it may be, you cannot recognize. And he gives his opinion. Just see. Nobody thinks that "If I am not controlled, I do not wish to die, why there is death? I do not wish to become old. Why there is old age?" A common sense. "I do not wish to be diseased. Why there is disease?" And still, I am thinking that "I am not controlled." That means no brain even, common sense. (japa) Piśācī pāile yena mati-cchanna haya (Prema-vivarta). Just like ghostly-haunted, madman. He stands on the st . . . "I am the king." He stands on the street. It is like that. He does not know, "At any moment I will be knocked by any car and I shall die." But he thinks like, "I am the king." Madman. They are all madmen.

Yogeśvara: I remember when I was living downtown eastside New York, there was one drunkard who was standing on the street directing traffic, trying to stop the cars.

Srila Prabhupāda: Yes. They do that. We have seen that. He thinks, "I am the controller. A mad man. He must do . . ." (laughter)

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Everyone who has read your Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīla Prabhupāda, after having read so many Bhagavad-gītās, everyone has said that "At last Bhagavad-gītā is very clear and simple to me. I have not understood before."

Srila Prabhupāda: Yes. Because all these so-called Bhagavad-gītā commentaries written by rascals, that's all. They are all rascals. They cannot understand what is Bhagavad-gītā. The Macmillan Company's trade manager has admitted that while others' Bhagavad-gītā is selling less, this is increasing. (pause)

 

[Morning Walk - Geneva - June 05, 1974 ]