Iskcon Correction IGNORED! Fault remains!

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ORIGINAL LETTER TO ISKCON LEADERS

 

Maharaj, Prabhus,

 

Dandavat. AGTSP!!!

 

I finally got it together for Srila Prabhupada. His self composed pranati-sloka

needed fixing, otherwise it goes down in history as faulty Sanskrit

composition. I have a long

relationship with Prof Dr Satya Vrat Shastri www.satyavrat-shastri.net who is

India's first winner of the Jnan-pith Award for Sanskrit in the Awards

history.

I showed him Prabhupada's Pranati 18 years ago, and he

pointed out mistakes which needed to be corrected to put the Vandana above

criticism and for it to make sense. I told Hridayananda Mj about the problem

and he didn't have any idea. He

told me Prof Shastri "didn't understand!" Incorrect version used by Iskcon:namaste saraswati deve gaura-vani-pracharine

nirvishesha-shunyavadi pashchatya-desha-tarine

 

I see that

Iskcon will never change Prabhupada's old Vandana for a perfect version that

correctly says the same as the old verse. So I asked

the top Sanskritist on Earth to show the faults of the old verse... below

is his reply FYI. Here are the faults in the old Vandana as noted by Prof Dr

Satya Vrat Shastri:... It took me many years but I

finally got Prof to do it right. Please see his letter below...

Dear

Hrisikesananda das ji,

 

Many

thanks for your kind e-mail of September 24, 2009. According to grammatical rule

a word grammaticalction with namas must have to have the Dative case

while in the Vandana as in use at present it--sarasvate deve--is in Locative.

If it is to be changed to Dative in conformity with the grammatical rule

a little adjustment has to be made. I have suggested the

adjustment with the minimum of word change. Namas te of the first line has

been shifted to the third one with the change of te to tu and the dropping

of nirvisesa which serves no purpose. The verse would then be grammatically

faultless and resonate well with the reciter with the first quadrant having

elegant alliteration.

 

 

I

remain,

Affectionately

Yours,

Satya

Vrat Shastri

NOTE TO GBC: If you don't take it seriously it will be held accountable

in the future at a time too late for correcting. We must help Prabhupada

perfect his Pranati, otherwise we're leaving it wide open for fault-finding. It's not a matter

of opinion, it's grammar. If Prabhupada was here with us now, he would order it

corrected if he met with Prof Shastriji. That's why he had editors.

Please note: You are falsely presenting Srila Prabhupada as a "Great Sanskrit Scholar" - and this is a lie that we be easily seen in the old "Prabhupada pranati" (above)

CORRECTED VERSION:

Satya Vrat Shastri

Wednesday, 9 September, 2009, 9:42 PM

 

Many thanks for your kind e-mail. Since the conferment of the Award I have been inundated

with requests for interviews by newspapers and Radio and Television channels

that keeps me busy almost round the clock.

 

The verse may have to be

re-drafted in keeping with the exigencies

of meter and grammar as follows :

 

sarasvataya devaya gaura-vani-pracarine

namo' stu sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine

 

In

this construction, which is faultless grammatically and prosodically, nirvisesa

is left out, but then, it is of no context. It is a far cry to interpret it

as impersonalism from its basic sense of simply "with no distinction or difference".

 

Yours Affectionately,

Satya Vrat Shastri

 

 

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