BHAGAVAD-GITA AS IT IS
Here you can see many of changes made to Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is.
The list is not exhaustive, and more examples will be added. Our goal is not to show every single change, but to focus mainly on major changes – specifically those changes that:
- show Jayadvaita Swami is not telling the truth about what he has done to Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is.
- are clear examples of violation of the arsa-prayoga principle.
We have not included Jayadvaita Swami’s own examples of his changes with their “justifications” – except some those we do not agree with. If you want to see Jayadvaita Swami’s “justifications” BBT International has a website for that. We encourage you to go there and inform yourself, so that your understanding of this matter will not be one-sided.
INTRO ABOUT THE CHANGES TO THE GITA
FRONT COVER
2. Srila Prabhupada’s instructions on covers not honored.
3. Cover up
4. Danish Bg. cover not bona fide.
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
PAINTINGS
The Change Disease and Windows to the Spiritual World (link to Rupanuga Prabhu’s website)
CHAPTER ONE
Bg. 1.2 (“Phalanx” and “Began to speak”)
Bg. 1.2 and 1.11 (double standard)
Bg. 1.20 (King Shifted)
CHAPTER TWO
Bg. 2.1 (“brimming with tears”)
Bg. 2.23, 2.24 (Failed De-Sexing Edit Attempt)
Bg. 2.30 (Removing “eternal”)
Bg. 2.35 (“insignificant” change)
Bg. 2.48 (“evenness” to “equanimity”)
Bg. 2.61 (JAS admits mistake)
CHAPTER THREE
Bg. 3.26 (Superfluous and Awkward)
CHAPTER FOUR
Bg. 4.8 (“advent” or “appear”)
Bg. 4.11 (“As they surrender”)
Bg. 4.22 (“both in” or “in both”)
Bg. 4.38 (“enjoys the self”)
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
Chapter heading changed (Sankhya to Dhyana)
Bg. 6.26 (“whatever”)
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
Bg 8.18 (Merged)
CHAPTER NINE
Bg. 9.1 (“secret wisdom”)
CHAPTER TEN
Bg. 10.31 (Lord Ramacandra removed)
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Bg. 11.28 (“blazing mouths” or “blazing warriors”)
Bg. 11.32 (“engage” or “destroy”)
Bg. 11.41-42 (“Rash” edit)
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Bg. 13 1-2 (“mad” change)
Bg. 13.3 (“owner” or “knower”?) (More on 13.3 here)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Bg. 14.19 (“know” or “attains”, “no other performer” added)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTTEEN
Bg. 18.2 (Tyaga and sannyasa)
Bg. 18.55 (“by” or “for”)
BACK COVER
1. Covering the greatness of Bg and SP.
Arsa-Prayoga 