Question on Brahma-Vaivarta Puraana verse

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Current Camp: ISKCON Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir, Bangalore, India

 

> My apologies if I came across as diminishing the value of ISKCON's

> literatures. Such was not my intention. Many, many works by Vaishnava

> aacharyas quote from Puraanas without always being able to supply verse

> numbers. As far as I am concerned, this does not diminish them in any way.

> But yes, I have attempted in the past to look up quoted verses in Srila

> Prabhupada's books. In practically all cases, I have only been able to

> find those verses for which verse numbers were provided.

 

I haven't had that problem, of locating verses in Puranas. In any case the

BBT should be able to help you find it if you correspond with them.

 

> In spite of the

> fact that many Puraanas have a verse index, I could not find verses for

> which verse numbers were not provided. Examples include the four

> sampradaayas verse, verses describing the Bhaagavatam as a commentary on

> the Vedaanta, and almost any verse which explicitly describes the descent

> of Lord Chaitanya. I had assumed that these represented verses that were

> passed down in oral tradition, for which the original source texts were

> lost over the ages. I don't see that as uncomplimentary, just unfortunate.

> It is unfortunate because we do not have the context against which to

> study the verse, which might be helpful if misunderstandings such as mine

> arise. No offense was intended towards the BBT, which does a great job

> publishing Srila Prabhupada's books!

>

> yours,

>

> -- Krishna Susarla

 

You can write me a text in case you need help in locating a verse and we can

help you search the Puranas. Send the verse quoted with whatever verse

number of the original purport it came from in Srila Prabhupada's books and

we can try to help you find it, in case BBT isn't able to do so first.

 

I hope that this finds you in good health.

 

Your well wisher,

 

Jayapataka Swami