Bhagavad Gita 10.3 is the perfect example how illusory both our current Bhagavad Gita renditions are at the moment. In this context “Illusory” will mean “How separated from Srila Prabhupada’s own and real version they are, the real Bhagavad Gita As It Is”. We have decided to call it The Challenge Bhagavad Gita As It Is. It is most ironical that we dissent over these two fake versions. It is not dissimilar to the situation where the leader of the thieves advocates: “Let us now distribute the booty honestly.” Where is honesty to be found among thieves???

On a morning walk on March 3rd 1973 in Los Angeles and in a different context Srila Prabhupada stated:

“Prabhupada: …is that the whole world is running on a false theory that life is born out of matter. But that is not a fact. So how to defeat this theory? That is our business. We have to defeat this rascal theory. We have to challenge all these rascals and defeat them. How it is possible?

Svarupa Damodara: By logic.

Prabhupada: By logic, by science. Anyway, that we have to make program. Because this is most misleading. The whole human society is affected by this misleading theory. We have to make program, go from place to place and invite all big men, all scientists. That program we have to make. We cannot allow this nonsense theory to go on. We must make something. [japa] Brahmananda, how to make this?

Ref. VedaBase => Morning Walk – May 3, 1973, Los Angeles

Further more Srila Prabhupada says at Arrival is Paris June 8 th 1974:

So this Krsna consciousness movement is to give the greatest benefit to the human society to clear their brain, the rascal brain. We call, declare, they are all rascals. Let any scientist, philosopher come here, I shall prove that he is nothing but a rascal. I shall prove that. I challenge them. What they are doing? Nonsense. So you do not become rascals. By the grace of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, you are trying to understand this Krsna consciousness philosophy, and there is no difficulty. Everything is there in our Bhagavad-gita. You simply try to understand, and make your life successful. That is our request. Don’t be rascals, mudhas, naradhamas, mayayapahrta-jnana. This education has no value, because the real knowledge, there is nothing. Real knowledge is to understand God. There is no education throughout the whole world, there is no university. So they are simply producing rascals. So my only request is that don’t become rascals. You just worship here Radha-Krsna. Radha-krsna-pranaya-vikrtih [Cc Adi 1.5]. Just try to understand Krsna and then your life will be successful.

Ref. VedaBase => Arrival Address – June 8, 1974, Paris

A situation has now developed that the same applies to His Bhagavad Gita As It Is. Srila Prabhupada has always been a revolutionary challenger, a mover and shaker, and we shall therefore add the world “challenge” to His transcendental Bhagavad Gita As It Is, so “The Challenge Bhagavad Gita As It Is” or TCBGAII as version 3.

Here are the details:

This is an extract from a letter to Mandapa Prabhu (acbsp1) and additional text

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This is what Srila Prabhupada writes for BGAII 10.3 in the Original Transcript (OT) available at https://bookchanges.com/bhagavad-gita-as-it-is-manuscript/

“One who knows Lord Krishna as the Supreme Proprietor of everything, beginning-less, unborn, he only is free from all illusory conceptions of this world and he is considered to be freed from all sinful reactions.”

AND WHAT NEED IS THERE FOR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER ????    

Whereas Bhagavad Gita As It Is NOT by Hayagriva gives:

“He who knows Me as the unborn, as the beginningless, as the Supreme Lord of all the worlds-he, undeluded among men, is freed from all sins.”
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bg 10.3, 1972

And Bhagavad Gita AS It Is NOT by Jayadvaita gives:

“He who knows Me as the unborn, as the beginningless, as the Supreme Lord of all the worlds — he only, undeluded among men, is freed from all sins.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bg 10.3gg

These are all speculative renditions and we ought to reject them outright!

“Speculative” by definition means more or less (literally) removed from the real thing and therefore illusory, a shadow of the real thing and a betrayal.  

These foolish editors never appreciated Srila Prabhupada  true position.  These fools never appreciated the scale of Srila Prabhupada superior and deep thoughtfulness and Vedic erudition. Otherwise they would not have even dared to so-called correct Him as they have done. Lawyers may determine the nature of such activities and whether these are criminal activities.

And who do they think they are? Some Super-Acharyas, transcending Srila Prabhupada’s authority? They have not understood the most basis principle of Krishna consciousness that we strictly follow the Acharya and we don’t play at being the ersatz Acharya. Absolutely not. There is no such thing as superior authority to Srila Prabhupada. We must therefore conclude that they are FOOLS AND RASCALS. IMPOSTERS AND TRAITORS to Srila Prabhupada. As the saying goes familiarity breeds all kinds of inappropriate behaviour including contempt, blindness and generally speaking devaluation of the target of familiarity.

Besides that we are being misled big time.

Where has Srila Prabhupada’s splendid “the Supreme Proprietor” with capital letters gone?

The only relevant depiction of such arrogant and impudent imposter’s acts is “foolish rascaldom” !!!

So how long still are we going to allow ourselves to be misled by these FOOLISH RASCALS I.E. Hayagriva and Jayadvaita and their supporters and fans???                                                                                                                                                                              

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