Acyutānanda: How do we know that Vedavyāsa is not defective like other living beings?
Prabhupāda: Huh?
Acyutānanda: How do we know that Vedavyasa is not...
Prabhupāda: He is not defective because he is speaking what he has heard from Nārada. Therefore he is not defective. Just like we are speaking. We are not perfect. We are also ordinary human being, but people are taking that "Bhaktivedanta Swami has done wonder." What is that wonder? I am speaking Bhagavad-gītā as it is, that's all.
Acyutānanda: Like the Mormon religion in America...
Prabhupāda: No, no, don't bring any other.... That is...
Acyutānanda: He claimed that an angel...
Prabhupāda: If you accept.... We are taking from God. Kṛṣṇa instructed Brahmā, Brahmā instructed Nārada, Nārada instructed Vyāsadeva, and therefore we are taking.
Acyutānanda: So it is a novel. Like Shakespeare wrote Hamlet...
Prabhupāda: Yes. It may be novel for you because we take you as a mūḍha. We don't give any credit. We say.... Find out this, mūdho nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param.