Śrīla Prabhupāda Says

Here are Śrīla Prabhupāda's direct instructions about editing his books. He emphasized careful attention to accuracy while avoiding unnecessary changes, stating 'We should not present a shabby thing' and 'Why there should be mistakes? Mistakes makes the book useless.'

We should be very much careful about grammatical and printing mistakes

Concerning the editing of Jayadvaita Prabhu, whatever he does is approved by me.

If the books are printed with spelling mistakes and other mistakes, that will be a discredit for our publication.

If there is one mistake, you murder the book.

We should not present a shabby thing.

Do not try to change anything.

You should not waste too much time for editing.

Please be careful not to change the ideas.

Why there should be mistakes?

Do not try to change anything without my permission.

Academic qualifications for editing

Everything must be done very carefully and attentively.

“If there is any discrepancy we will rectify it in future.”

“That is our philosophy: everything perfect for Krishna.”

“Not omitting anything ... and phrasing for force and clarity ...”

Because we have got facility to make it perfect, that is our philosophy.

“Your efforts in the matter of our Sanskrit editing are effectively improving our books more and more with scholarly standards.”

Rascal Editors