Guest guest Posted October 29, 2001 Report Share Posted October 29, 2001 > > Prema-vilasa (chapter 24) states: > > > advaita prabhur pade loila sarana > > tar thai bhakti sastre koilo adhyayana > > advaitera sthane tinho hoila diksiti > > tin lakho harinama jape diva rati > > lakho harinama mane lakho kane sune > > lakho nama ucca kori kore sankirtane' > > Also since this quote is from chapter 24 arouses some questions because > there are two editons of Prema-vilasa with a total of 20 chps and 24 chps > resp. I am not sure which edition were Srila Prabhupada & Srila > Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada talking about when they > referred to it in the purport to Cc Adi 13.60. > > Can the scholarly devotees please shed some light in this regard? > > Your aspiring servant, BR Sadhu Swami Haridasa Dasa says in his GVA that Prema Vilasa has twenty "vilasas" or "adhyayas", and adds, "However, in the Baharamapura edition one can see twenty-four and a-half vilasas." He does not comment on the authenticity of the two editions. To resolve this puzzle one would have to compare both editions. In some cases it turns out that the content agrees completely, and that the same text has simply been divided into a different number of chapters. If you find that the 24 ½ version has some additions, only a textcritical analysis could help to decide over the matter. Or, if you need to give a credible reference, you could quote the opinion of a respected Bengali scholar, if you can find such. ys end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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