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“Rascal editors”: Mistaking the mistake

September 25, 2010 by Jayadvaita Swami

"Rascal editors!" Srila Prabhupada said. He had come upon an editorial mistake in a verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam, and so he strongly denounced "rascal editors" who make unauthorized editorial changes. This incident, which took place in Vrindavan on June 22, 1977, has been known to Hare Krishna devotees for more than thirty years. And for more than thirty years, most devotees have been wrong about what mistake he had found. This makes no difference to Srila Prabhupada's point. Rascal editors are rascal editors. Still, we might as well get straight what the editorial error was. The … [Read more...] about “Rascal editors”: Mistaking the mistake

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