So srimad-bhagavate maha-muni-krte. Srimad-Bhagavata is not some materialistic philosopher’s or writer’s as you have got… They are called gramya-vastavah. Gramya-vastavah means ordinarily these affairs. A man is meeting woman, woman is meeting man-that story, all these novels and fiction and dramas. It is not like that. Therefore it is said maha-muni-krte srimad-bhagavate. It is not ordinary persons writing whimsical, some, manufacturing some story, narration and puzzling the brain. No. Srimad-bhagavate maha-muni-krte: it is beyond all defects of human life. When an ordinary person writes, he writes with defective instruments. First of all, any man within this world, however great he may be, he must commit mistake. That’s a fact. There are many instances, simply for little mistake. Just like Hitler. Hitler planned so gorgeously winning over the world. A little mistake, as soon as his attention was diverted toward Russia, he was finished. The Britishers tried to divert his attention toward Russia. Little mistake. Otherwise Hitler would have come out victorious. There are many instances, in political field, in sociological field. So however one man may be great, he must commit mistake. This is called conditional life. There is no man in this world who can say that “I never committed any mistake.” Is there any man? No. That is not possible.

Srila Prabhupada; Lecture on SB 1.1.2 — London, August 16, 1971