By the Editors
308. Diksa Mantra Correction
[Action Order]WHEREAS Srila Prabhupada repeatedly stressed that the Sanskrit language in his books and other ISKCON publications should be edited in strict accordance with the standard Sanskrit grammar and usage:
WHEREAS the word “guruh” in the third of the diksa-mantras (the guru-gayatri) in ISKCON is mistakenly spelled as “guroh”, thus contradicting the standard Sanskrit grammar;
WHEREAS in all three of Srila Prabhupada’s own tape recordings of the diksa-mantras, available in the VedaBase-2003, he pronounces “guruh”;
WHEREAS the above misspelling has over the years become ISKCON’s standard;
WHEREAS authoritative scriptural references to guru-gayatri followed in the Gaudiya Vaisnava line, like Bhaktivinode Thakur’s Bhajana-rahasya and Dhyanacandra Goswami’s Gaura-govindarcana-smarana-paddhati, have the correct spelling for guruh.
RESOLVED:
All official ISKCON publications and diksa-mantra sheets be corrected to conform with the proper form “guruh” in the guru-gayatri.