When you change my books, it is like imitating Rasa-lila

Srila Prabhupada: ”So far your telling me that some devotees consider that because there may be some grammatical discrepancies in my Srimad Bhagavatam, First Canto, then they may also be allowed to translate with errors accepted, that is just like imitating Rasa-lila.

When you do all other things like Krishna, then you can do Rasa-lila. So if these other writers can do like me and spread Krishna consciousness all over the world by becoming big Vedic scholars, then they can do.

“If one is too big, there is no mistake. ‘ Arsa prayoga‘ means there may be discrepancies but it is all right. Just like Shakespeare, sometimes there are odd usages of language, but he is accepted as authority. I have explained all these things in my preface to First Canto.” ——(Letter to Mandali Bhadra dated 1-20-72) Concerning the book changes there is a nice segment in the Chaitanya Bhagavat by Sri Vrindavana dasa Thakura Adi Lila Chapter 11. Here, the Supreme Lord Himself states His position on changing the literatures of His pure devotee.

Please consider the conversation between Lord Chaitanya and Ishvar Puri below: “Lord Chaitanya visited Ishvara Puri every evening after teaching his students. Ishvara Puri was always glad to see him. Although he did not know that Nimai was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his love and affection for him flowed unrestrained. He spoke affectionately to the Lord, “I know you are a great scholar. I have written a book about Lord Krishna. I want you to go through it and find the mistakes. This will please me very much.” “These are descriptions of Lord Krishna by a pure devotee,” replied Nimai. “If anyone finds any mistake, then he is a sinful offender. The pure devotee never writes anything from his imagination, devoid of a scriptural basis. These writings are bonafide and always pleasing to Lord Krishna.

When offering obeisances in the temple an ignorant person might make a grammatical mistake in addressing Lord Krishna while a learned scholar would address him using proper grammar.

But the Supreme Lord Krishna accepts both their obeisances.

The Supreme Lord is not impressed with mere learning, but He is supplicated by the inner mood of surrender of the living entities. Whoever looks for faults in your writings is actually at fault himself because Krishna is fully satisfied by the writing of this pure devotee.

Whatever you have written is an expression of your love for Krishna. Who has the audacity to find some discrepancy in it?”