Dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda!

HpS/ASA - AgtSP!!!!! Paoho...... . 🌴..

In Bhagavad-gītā 18.67, our dear Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa says:

“This confidential knowledge may never be explained to those who are not austere, or devoted, or engaged in devotional service, nor to one who is envious of Me.”

My question is: does this restriction refer specifically to the previous verse (18.66), to the preceding few verses (such as 18.64–66), to the entire eighteenth chapter, or to the whole Bhagavad-gītā?

I am asking only if you think the answer could help me in my bhakti-yoga sādhana and that I am capable of understanding it.

Thank you very much.

Your servant,

Namacarya Dās

HpS/ASA - Let us look to the BhVed purport for illumination, no?

https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/18/67/

"Such persons should not be told of Bhagavad-gītā,"

It seems that the BG includes different levels of confidentiality. Eg. Chapter 10 describes 'vibhutimat sattva', among animals I am the lion, so we can talk to some people about the greatness of lion, or the light of the sun, or Spring.

Then depending on their condition we can go to the situation of the soul as different from the body, then the eternal function of the soul and Supersoul... Then...

... of course Srila Prabhupada mentions 'serving a pure devotee in the Purport, so it may be that a demon does a little service to the devotees in ISKCON for example and that immediately qualifies them to understand hear some things in the Gita.

Of course, hearing about Lord Caitany and His name and associates can also make people pious.

O.K.?

Any experiences of this???