Jayadvaita's gita is authorized

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On 29 Mar 1999, Janesvara Dasa wrote:

 

> I have NO doubt, in fact I KNOW, Srila Prabhupada accepted changes made by

> people. The HUGE difference is that he was present to approve them or reject

> them. Reject some he did and that fact alone means the people proposed

changes

> which they thought were fully acceptable but in fact were NOT acceptable to

> the pure devotee. Have they become equal in judgment to the pure devotee now

> and therefore not need to have his approval?

 

Srila Prabhupada did set up the GBC to approve/disapprove such issues on his

behalf so if you don't know whether Krsna accepted his service, then you just

have to go by the GBC. We can't assume that his service would be rejected.

 

> I am fairly certain that Krsna would accept the revised gita as a service

> performed by Jayadvaita Prabhu because it is a whole lot better than so many

> other gita translations done by non-devotees and others. I would never

suggest

> taking devotional service away from someone. But it should be in

Jayadvaita's

> name NOT A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's name because we do not know if he would

> approve the changes.

 

When Hayagriva was rendering the Gita in SERVICE to Srila Prabhupada, it was

Srila Prabhupada's work not Hayagriva's. Hayagriva was trying to present

Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad-gita not his own. He used some of his own style

and wording but it was still Prabhupada's Gita. We don't say it's Hayagriva's

gita because he used his own wording. Jayadvaita Swami is not trying to write

his own Gita (else this conversation would be trivial). He is trying to

present the same Gita so if Krsna accepted his service of re-editing, it

remains Prabhupada's Bhagavad-gita As It Is.

 

Sincerely,

 

Virender

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