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<div class="heading">Our, this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, our proposition is that we are, I mean to say, presenting Bhagavad-gītā as it is. We do not misinterpret.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 2.1 -- Ahmedabad, December 6, 1972|Lecture on BG 2.1 -- Ahmedabad, December 6, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">
Now, sometimes ''Bhagavad-gītā'' is misinterpreted that this battle, I mean to say, ''dharma-kṣetra kuru-kṣetra'' means "This body." We do not misinterpret in that way. There is no question of misinterpretation. We are presenting ''Bhagavad-gītā'' as it is. We do not change by our whimsical imagination, concoction. We do not interpret the words of the ''Bhagavad-gītā'' according to our own desire. No.

Actually, from literary point of view, interpretation is required when things are not understood very clearly. Then interpretation required. In the law court, when the lawyers try to interpret before the judge, when the terms are not very clear . . . that is the same way, in, in . . . amongst the associates and society of learned scholars. Interpretation is not required when the things are very clear. Just like the sun, sunshine, sunlight.

There is no need of a lamp to show the sun. The sun is self-effulgent. It is already there. Light is there. Why one should take a lamp to show the sun? This misinterpretation has killed the spirit, the real essence, of ''Bhagavad-gītā.'' So there was so many editions and so many misinterpretation. Our this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, our proposition is that we are, I mean to say, presenting ''Bhagavad-gītā'' as it is. We do not misinterpret.

So ''dharma-kṣetra kuru-kṣetra.'' Kurukṣetra is ''dharma-kṣetra'', the place where religious ritualistic performances are done. ''Kuru-kṣetre dharmam ācaret.'' That is the Vedic version. So Kurukṣetra is always . . . still people go for pilgrimage in Kurukṣetra, and the station is there, Kurukṣetra, and the place is there. People go there, Kurukṣetra. Why one should interpret that ''kuru-kṣetra'' means this body and Pāṇḍavas means these ''pañca-indriyas,'' so many things? There is no question of interpretation.