इदं ते नातपस्काय नाभक्ताय कदाचन | न चाशुश्रूषवे वाच्यं न च मां योऽभ्यसूयति ||१८-६७||
idaṃ te nātapaskāya nābhaktāya kadācana . na cāśuśrūṣave vācyaṃ na ca māṃ yo.abhyasūyati ||18-67||
- idam
- this
- te
- by you
- na
- never
- atapaskāya
- to one who is not austere
- na
- never
- abhaktāya
- to one who is not a devotee
- kadācana
- at any time
- na
- never
- ca
- also
- aśuśrūṣave
- to one who is not engaged in devotional service
- vācyam
- to be spoken
- na
- never
- ca
- also
- mām
- toward Me
- yaḥ
- anyone who
- abhyasūyati
- is envious
- yaḥ
- anyone who
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.