What authority you have got?



"No, no, I am not speaking my own views. I have got my ācāryas, my teachers, Rāmānujācārya, Śaṅkarācārya, Madhvācārya. So it is all right. It is all right. I have got so many authorities. What authority you have got?"

(Srila Prabhupada, Discussion— January 18, 1971, Allahabad)



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