Prof. Gombrich: (break) ...actually.
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Pradyumna: Professor Gombrich.
Prabhupāda: Oh. So you have seen our books?
Prof. Gombrich: Yes, I have, yes. You are travelling to India, I hear?
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Prof. Gombrich: You are setting up a university in India?
Prabhupāda: In... What is that?
Haṁsadūta: Are you establishing a university in India?
Prabhupāda: It is not so easy thing. (Hindi)
Prof. Gombrich: At Navadvīpa?
Prabhupāda: Navadvīpa, yes.
Prof. Gombrich: And, uh...
Prabhupāda: We have begun teaching, but I do not know when it will become a university. That is a big job.
Prof. Gombrich: I see, yes.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Prof. Gombrich: Who is teaching there?
Prabhupāda: Our students. We have got these books. That's all.
Prof. Gombrich: You don't have the Bengali paṇḍitas teaching Sanskrit?
Prabhupāda: At least, at the present moment, we haven't got. They're... Generally, in India, they want to learn English. So, as soon as they learn English, they can read our books. And Sanskrit is also... You have seen? We have given each word meaning, Sanskrit. The pronunciation. Oh yes. Here is the Bhagavad-gītā As It Is.
Prof. Gombrich: So in Navadvīpa, will the instruction be in English or in Bengali?
Prabhupāda: These boys, they do not know Bengali.
Prof. Gombrich: Oh, I see. So it's literally for English-speaking devotees.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Not English-speaking. They are Bengalis, the students. But they want to learn English. Therefore we are teaching English.
Indian Man: Is this a government-recognized college now?
Prabhupāda: No. Government recognition means we have to abide by the orders of government. We cannot teach Bhagavad-gītā only or Bhāgavata. But our aim is to teach... We have got another school in Dallas for small children. There we are Sanskrit, teaching Sanskrit and English. Yes.
Prof. Gombrich: Yes. But did you yourself study Sanskrit at Vṛndāvana or...?
Prabhupāda: No. We had studied Sanskrit in school, colleges. In our time, Sanskrit was compulsory. In our days. Nowadays, I don't think so...
Indian Man: I, I also had compulsory.
Prabhupāda: Sanskrit compulsory and additional there was Sanskrit. So I took both, compulsory and additional.
Prof. Gombrich: I see.
Prabhupāda: Up to my I.A., I regularly studied Sanskrit, and in my B. A., I gave up Sanskrit. I read history. (laughs) No. Not in B.A. B.A., my combination was economics and philosophy. In I.A. I was intermediate, I.A. I had history and Sanskrit.
Prof. Gombrich: That was at Calcutta University?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Calcutta University, Scottish Church's College.
Prof. Gombrich: Oh, I see.