Jayapataka said that his ambition was to make the Gitar-gana so popular that it would be sung at every gathering. "When we can hear over the loudspeakers Gitar-gana being sung, then we will feel very happy. When the public begin to recite Gitar-gana at their functions, like they're doing this Tulasidasa Ramayana, if they start that in Bengal, Gitar-gana, then it will be a big success."
Prabhupada commented that the reason that Tulasidasa's Ramayana was popular was because there is very little literature available in Hindi. Otherwise, he didn't have a very good opinion about it.
When Jayapataka Maharaja suggested that it could be translated by a Gaudiya Vaisnava and its philosophical errors corrected, Prabhupada dismissed it. "Why? Gaudiya Vaisnava has immense literature. Why they should bother with Tulasidasa? By reading Tulasidasa's Rama-carita-manasa, in my experience, I've not seen a single man has come to the spiritual platform. I have not seen a single man."
- From "A Transcendental Diary Vol 4" by HG Hari Sauri Prabhu
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