Acyutānanda: . . .ācāryas and paṇḍitas of all the sampradāyas.
Yaśodānandana: One of the leading paṇḍitas of the Rāmānuja-sampradāya has endorsed us as being bona fide Vaiṣṇavas, and also one of the main Aṣṭamaṭhas(?) in Uḍupi, the place of Madhvācārya, has given a letter to define that "The disciple of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, His Divine Grace, is doing very good work for the sanātana dharma, and they are bona fide Vaiṣṇavas." So these letters are very good for our preaching work.
Acyutānanda: Śrī Raṅgam.
Yaśodānandana: Also in Śrī Raṅgam, the leading paṇḍita, the leading priest of the Śrī Raṅgam temple, that big Viṣṇu temple . . . We had a program there, and he's very much impressed by your work.
Acyutānanda: He's the descendant of Veṅkata Bhaṭṭa.
Prabhupāda: Oh.
Acyutānanda: And that is . . . His house is called Mahāprabhu Śālā. So Lord Caitanya stayed in this house.
Yaśodānandana: He also gave a very nice letter.
Prabhupāda: He's Gauḍīya-sampradāya.
Yaśodānandana: Rāmānuja.
Prabhupāda: No, this Veṅkata Bhaṭṭa, because Bhaṭṭa, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa. Gopāla Bhaṭṭa was Caitanya Mahāprabhu's disciple. Śrī-rūpa sanātana bhaṭṭa-raghunātha, śrī-jīva gopāla-bhaṭṭa dāsa-raghunātha. They were direct disciples of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Acyutānanda: There's a big sign in the Śrī Raṅgam temple: "Only Hindus allowed."
Prabhupāda: Ācchā?
Acyutānanda: So we took a photograph of ourselves standing next to him with the sign in the picture. So we can use that, in case anybody tries to check us.
Prabhupāda: So one thing, if you can do, that India, at the present moment, that Swami Chinmayananda is prominent.
Acyutānanda: Yes.
Hari-śauri: He's very big. Especially in the South.
Prabhupāda: (laughs) So if you can subdue him.
Yaśodānandana: We'll take care of that, Prabhupāda.
Acyutānanda: All right.
Prabhupāda: That will be great triumph. He's a nonsense. That's . . . But he's very popular at the same time.