Haṁsadūta: Yes. And another thing I wanted to ask Your Divine Grace is this. This Bhagavad-gītā, I would like to print it as it becomes finished chapter by chapter. Otherwise it will be a long time before we have a book.
Prabhupāda: No, no, you can publish, chapter by chapter.
Haṁsadūta: This is all right?
Prabhupāda: Oh yes.
Haṁsadūta: Because these German people, they have to have books.
Prabhupāda: No, no. You give them chapter by chapter. That's all. We should use our intelligence. You give something, full. So chapter by..., introduction, chapter by chapter, like that. And others may also translate, which is not very intelligent. Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa... So do like that.
Haṁsadūta: Yes. (break)
Pradyumna: They have some of our philosophy. (break)
Bhagavān: ...who has finally approved it, to see if it was up to standard.
Haṁsadūta: Well it reminds me of Janārdana. You know Janārdana was a big scholar and he was very intelligent, but he never produced very much. You remember Janārdana? So Maṇḍalībhadra is working full time. He never comes to the temple. Of course, he lives far away, but he never comes to the temple. And I know when a person doesn't come to the temple, it's very difficult for him to maintain, especially if he maintains a full time job. It has an imperceptible effect on your consciousness. And he also, you know, we sometimes, we don't see very much eye to eye. Like for instance, this coming Back to Godhead he wanted to produce, he wanted to put a picture of some of the... Like there's a picture in one of the old Back to Godheads of Vṛndāvana. So I said, "This picture is not good because Kṛṣṇa is not in this picture. There's no Kṛṣṇa. We must have..."
Prabhupāda: Old Vṛndāvana?
Haṁsadūta: Yes, some buildings. Like Jaya Govinda used to write those articles, you remember? He used to write articles...
Prabhupāda: Comic?
Haṁsadūta: No, no, not comics. He would take some pictures of the scenery of Vṛndāvana, like the Yamunā or some of the temples, like Madana-Mohana temple, like that. So I said, "We must have a picture of Kṛṣṇa or a devotee or Prabhupāda. It can't be without some activity, some form, because people will not understand what it is. It may be very nice for us." So I feel that he has to either associate more with the temple or he must be paid some money so that he can work full time and... Some change must be made.
Prabhupāda: No you pay and... You pay him money, and he must come. Both things should be done. He must come.
Haṁsadūta: Right. He should have a lot of association with devotees.
Prabhupāda: Without association, it will be whim.
Haṁsadūta: It's essential. Otherwise he'll become dry and... I mean that's what I fear.
Prabhupāda: I shall write to him.
Haṁsadūta: He may also come to visit you.
Prabhupāda: Then I will advise.