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Pradyumna: Prabhupada always considered that four books----the

Bhagavad-gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, The Nectar of Devotion, and Sri

Caitanya-caritamrita ----were the necessary books. Outside of that,

everything was extra. Once we were in Prabhupada's room in New York when

Radhaballabha asked Prabhupada, “So, after you finish the Bhagavatam,

Prabhupada, what books would like to translate?” Prabhupada said, “Oh, maybe

Jiva Goswami's Sat Sandharbha, or Vedanta-Sutra or Bhagavad-gita. There're

so many.” Someone spoke up, “But Prabhupada, you already did the

Bhagavad-gita.” Prabhupada said, “There are so many commentaries. We did a

small part.” He said, “Ramanujacharya, Madhvacharya, everyone has given a

Gita commentary. We could do many Gitas, not just one.” So he had a

conception like that.

 

>From Memories: Anecdotes of a Modern-Day Saint. Volume 2. Transcriptions

from video interviews conducted and compiled by Siddhanta das. CH Books, pp.

12-13.