Translating Vaishnava Literature requires realized Souls

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Satsvarupa: Next we have a question about the BBT. At present, no translation work is to be published without your seeing and approving it. So the question is, is there any system for publishing works in the future that you may not see? For example, we’ve heard suggested that the Padma Purana or the Sat-Sandarbha may be translated. But what would the system be to insure the parampara if you would not personally see these translations?

Prabhupada: That you have to examine expertly.
Tamala Krsna: In other words, there’s no set principle that only the works which you have already translated can be published by the BBT.
If there is some worthy translation of a bona fide Vedic reference, if it’s properly done, the BBT could publish it.

Prabhupada: That we are doing, just like Hindi. We are doing other languages. If it is properly translated, it can be…
Tamala Krsna: Even if it’s a work which you have not yet translated yourself.
Prabhupada: No, no, no, the principle is… Just like my translation, another person translating into Hindi or other languages, we are publishing. Similarly, if somebody has translated properly, it can be published. But amongst our disciples, I don’t think there are many who can translate properly.

Ramesvara: None. We’re not eager to publish anything which is not perfect, because you have already set the highest standard for the BBT. The name BBT means the highest standard right now in the world.
Prabhupada: That is good answer.

Kirtanananda: Therefore, Srila Prabhupada, we think that you cannot leave us very soon.
Prabhupada: I don’t want. But if I am obliged, what can I do?

Kirtanananda: If you don’t want, Krsna will not want.
Prabhupada: A realized soul, must be. Otherwise, simply by imitating A-B-C-D will not help. My purports are liked by people because it is presented as practical experience. It is within the mouth.

Bhavananda: I’m sorry.
Prabhupada: Such a nice instrument, that it must enter into the mouth. Then it will act. That kind of instrument not required. It must remain three miles off. Our translation must be documents. They are not ordinary… One cannot become unless one is very realized. It is not A-B-C-D translation.