2.31, purport: Editing varnasrama-dharma out of the books?

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2.31, purport (last sentence):

 

[NOTE: I have capitalized the relevant portions, to make them stand

out.]

 

 

1ST EDITION: Discharging one's specific duty in any field of action in

accordance with VARNASRAMA-DHARMA serves to elevate one to a higher

status of life.

 

2ND EDITION: Discharging one's specific duty in any field of action in

accordance with THE ORDERS OF HIGHER AUTHORITIES serves to elevate one

to a higher status of life.

 

MANUSCRIPT: To discharge one's specific duty in any field of action

and AS ORDERED BY HIGHER AUTHORITY is the opportunity for being

elevated in higher status of life.

 

COMMENT: This revision seems to have become a topic in the "Varnasrama

Development" conference on COM, under the subject heading "Editing

varnasrama-dharma out of the books?" As you can see, the answer is

"No. Restoring what Srila Prabhupada said."

 

By the way, I could have further edited the sentence from the First

Edition to bring it still closer to Srila Prabhupada's words. But my

goal was to keep the sentence from the First Edition nearly intact and

yet still restore Srila Prabhupada's point. I believe the revision

does that.

 

Hare Krsna.

 

 

PS for members of the "Varnasrama Development" conference:

"MANUSCRIPT" refers to the original manuscript of "Bhagavad-gita As It

Is," which for this chapter was apparently typed by Srila Prabhupada

himself.

 

 

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