Interpretation

Interpretation is very bad. A scripture should not be interpreted. A
scripture should be taken as it is, as it is. And besides that,
interpretation… When interpretation is required? When a thing is not
properly understood, at that time, interpretation is required. Otherwise,
there is no necessity of interpretation. Just like you…, that “Such and
such village” or “such and such town is on the sea.” Somebody says. Now, the
person who hears that “Such and such town is on the sea,” and he may be
confused: “How is that? On the, on the water, how there can be a town?” So
there is explanation required. Now that explanation is that ” ‘On the sea’
does not mean ‘in the midst of the sea,’ but ‘on the bank of the sea.’ ”
Here is an interpretation. So similarly, a thing which is very clear to
everyone, so there is no necessity of interpretation.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 2.12 — New York, March 7, 1966