Prabhupāda: That Bhagavad-gītā, abridged edition, we have 300,000?
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Of the abridged edition?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Where is that abridged edition?
Devotee (1): It's in the corner.
Prabhupāda: Yes. So foreign countries, foreign religions, and they are foreigners. So why they are purchasing these?
Devotee (2): Three lakhs fifty thousand copies, Bhagavad-gītā As It Is.
Prabhupāda: We are printing huge quantity.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: They just printed fifteen lakhs more.
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: New printing is fifteen lakhs, one time, abridged edition.
Prabhupāda: (Hindi) It will distribute India's glories. People will feel obliged to India, that "We have got this knowledge from India." Actually knowledge is here. There is no such knowledge all over the world.
- bhārata-bhūmite haila manuṣya-janma yāra
- janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra
- (CC Adi 9.41)
Paropakāra. India is meant for paropakāra. India is not meant for exploiting others. But unfortunately the knowledge is . . . Sarasvatī jñāna-khale yathā satī. We have got the store of knowledge, but we have kept it locked up, not distributing to the world. They are called jñāna-khala. One who has knowledge but he does not want to distribute it, that is . . . they are termed as jñāna-khala. So we should not be jñāna-khala. In India there is storehouse of spiritual knowledge, and every one of us should make our life successful by assimilating this knowledge and distribute all over the world. There is customer; there is appreciation. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. (Hindi) Why you should be jñāna-khala? Na sādhu manye. Jñāna should be distributed. The modern scientists also, they have . . . If they have discovered something new, they go and distribute for the benefit of the whole human society. Unfortunately we are distorting the knowledge in Bhagavad-gītā, interpreting in a different way according to my whims, and spoiling my life and others'. This process should be stopped. Present Bhagavad-gītā as it is. You'll be benefited; others . . . Don't distort. That is our duty.
Indian man (3): Sir, do you not consider it advisable to get that judgment that the Americans have . . . (indistinct) . . . translated into Indian so we can look?
Prabhupāda: Yes. That . . . We require an expert lawyer. There are some technical terms. Ordinary man cannot translate it. If among yourselves there is a lawyer, if he helps us translate, we can publish it. There are so many legal . . . The judgment is wonderful judgment.