Harikeśa:
- idaṁ bhāgavataṁ nāma
- purāṇaṁ brahma-sammitam
- adhītavān dvāparādau
- pitur dvaipāyanād aham
- (SB 1.3.40)
Prabhupāda: Ah, yes.
Harikeśa: "At the end of the Dvāpara-yuga, I studied this great supplement of Vedic literature of the name Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, which is equal to all the Vedas, from my father, Śrīla Dvaipāyana Vyāsadeva."
Prabhupāda: Just see. And these rascals say Bopadeva. The speaker of Bhāgavatam, he says that "I learned it from my father." His father is Vyāsadeva. And these rascals say Bopadeva. Just see. And they are posted in big post. With such nonsense knowledge, they are posted in big post. He does not know who is the author of Bhāgavata. Here it is distinctly said: "I learned it from my father." So his father is Vyāsadeva. You take this verse. If anyone says . . . so Śukadeva Gosvāmī is the speaker of Bhāgavata, he's admitting that "I've learned it from my father." And where the Bopadeva comes? Is that right?
Devotees: Yes, right.
Devotee: I was trying . . . that if I began to oppose him, then he would not take the book.
Prabhupāda: No, no. Scholarly. Just present that here is the . . . Śukadeva Gosvāmī is the speaker of Bhāgavatam. He says: "I learned it from my father." And who is his father? Bopadeva or Vyāsadeva? This is going on. That is finished . . . (indistinct)
Mahāṁsa: Yes. Only two of them. One of them is here, but he was not at home, and the other one is out of station. So we'll get their signature when they come.
Prabhupāda: Two of them have signed.
Mahāṁsa: Yes. Hariprasad and Shrinivas, they have both signed. And Shri Krishnan-dyuta, he's here but he was not at home or something.
Prabhupāda: He'll sign?
Mahāṁsa: Yes. He will do whatever Hariprasad says, and Omkar Lal is the youngest brother, so he will also sign. Shall I keep this, or would you like to keep it here?
Prabhupāda: As you like. You can keep it.