Revatīnandana: "The fourth offense is minimizing the authority of the Vedas."
Prabhupāda: Yes. Scriptures, authority of Vedas, they must be accepted. Just like the other day I was explaining, the Veda says the conchshell is pure, although it is a bone of an animal. In other places Veda gives you the injunction that bone of an animal is impure. But it says the conchshell is pure. It can be placed before the Deity, it can be used in the Deity room in His service.
Now there may be argument, "Oh, this is a bone of an animal. How is that? Contradiction." No. So one should accept the injunction of the Vedas like that. Whenever it says this is impure, it is impure; when it says it is pure, it is pure. Now, if there is any doubt, that should be understood by questioning submissively and with service from the spiritual master. The spiritual master is there.
Then? But we should always accept the injunction of the scripture as truth. Just like there is a proverb, "Bible truth," "Bibilical truth." Nobody can deny Bible. This should be the attitude. Bible is also part of Vedas. Therefore Vedic injunction should be accepted as it is, without any interpretation.
Just like Bhagavad-gītā is Veda. Why Veda? The Supreme Personality of Godhead personally speaking; therefore it is Veda. There is no mistake. One should accept—no interpretation—as it is. Therefore we are presenting Bhagavad-gītā As It Is.
Yes. Go on.
Revatīnandana: "The fifth offense is interpreting the holy names of God."
Prabhupāda: Yes. No interpretation in the holy . . . just like Kṛṣṇa, the Māyāvādī philosophers may . . . just like Gandhi has written, "Pāṇḍava means the senses—Kurukṣetra means this body, Kṛṣṇa means the mind." No such nonsense interpretation. Kṛṣṇa is Kṛṣṇa.