Srila Prabhupada, Mayapura, October 24, 1974: […] There are about six hundred commentaries on Bhagavad-gita, all misleading. Therefore we have presented Bhagavad-gita As It Is, without any misinterpretation. And it is acting. These six hundred editions of Bhagavad-gita was being advertised in the Western countries, and so many scholars and swamis went there — not a single person became a devotee of Krishna, not a single for the last two hundred, three hundred years.
Before that, there was no such attempt, but for the last at least hundred years, or more than that, many Indians went to the Western countries to preach our philosophy, and they referred to Bhagavad-gita and so on, but unfortunately not a single person became a devotee of Krishna, not a single person. But as we presented Bhagavad-gita as it is, within five years, thousands and thousands have become devotee of Krishna. One can compare this.
So this is the way, that “Don’t speculate nonsensically.” That is the injunction of Lord Brahma, jnane prayasam, that “You are very much learned scholar. You are a great politician—‘So I can speculate some religious system by misinterpreting this Bhagavad-gita’—no, you should stop this.” That is the recommendation. Full Lecture
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