Aug 06, 2015 — DENMARK (SUN) —
Bhagavad-gita As It Is, 2.16:
Original, authorized 1972 edition:
"Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that of the nonexistent there is no endurance, and of the existent there is no cessation. This seers have concluded by studying the nature of both."
Original, authorized 1968 edition:
"Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that, of the non-existent, there is no endurance, and of the eternal there is no cessation. Seers have concluded this by studying the nature of both."
Read aloud to Srila Prabhupada, London 1973:
"Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that of the nonexistent there is no endurance, and of the existent there is no cessation. This seers have concluded by studying the nature of both."
'Manuscript':
"Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that there is no endurance of the nonexistent (material body), and that there is no change of the eternal soul, by studying the nature of both of them up to the end."
'JAS It Is':
"Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that of the nonexistent [the material body] there is no endurance and of the eternal [the soul] there is no change. This they have concluded by studying the nature of both."
Both the 1968 and the 1972 editions agree with the verse being read aloud to Srila Prabhupada in London.
The 'JAS It Is' model DOES NOT. It prefers to favor (again) the so-called 'manuscript' which is PROVENLY NOT definitive. Srila Prabhupada confirms this in the 1972 Original and authorized Bhagavad-gita As It Is.
