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TEXT 67 idam te natapaskaya
SYNONYMS  idam--this;
te--you; na--never; atapaskaya--one who is not austere;
na--never; abhaktaya--one who is not a devotee; kadacana--at
any time; na--never; ca--also; asusrusave--one who
is not engaged in devotional service; vacyam--to be spoken; na--never;
ca--also; mam--unto Me; yah--anyone; abhyasuyati--envious.
TRANSLATION This confidential
knowledge may not be explained to those who are not austere, or devoted,
or engaged in devotional service, nor to one who is envious of Me.
PURPORT Persons who
have not undergone the austerities of the religious process, who have never
attempted devotional service in Krsna consciousness, who have not tended
a pure devotee, and especially those who are conscious of Krsna as a historical
personality or who are envious of the greatness of Krsna, should not be
told this most confidential part of knowledge. It is, however, sometimes
found that even demoniac persons who are envious of Krsna, worshiping Krsna
in a different way, take to the profession of explaining Bhagavad-gita
in a different way to make business, but anyone who desires actually to
understand Krsna must avoid such commentaries on Bhagavad-gita.
Actually the purpose of Bhagavad-gita is not understandable to those
who are sensuous--even if one is not sensuous but is strictly following
the disciplines enjoined in the Vedic scripture, if he is not a devotee,
he also cannot understand Krsna. Even when one poses himself as a devotee
of Krsna, but is not engaged in Krsna conscious activities, he also cannot
understand Krsna. There are many persons who envy Krsna because He has
explained in Bhagavad-gita that He is the Supreme and that nothing
is above Him or equal to Him. There are many persons who are envious of
Krsna. Such persons should not be told of Bhagavad-gita, for they
cannot understand. There is no possibility of faithless persons' understanding
Bhagavad-gita and Krsna. Without understanding Krsna from the authority
of a pure devotee, one should not try to comment upon Bhagavad-gita.
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