Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
य इदं परमं गुह्यं मद्भक्तेष्वभिधास्यति ।
भक्तिं मयि परां कृत्वा मामेवैष्यत्यसंशयः ॥६८॥
ya idaṁ paramaṁ guhyaṁ
mad-bhakteṣv abhidhāsyati
bhaktiṁ mayi parāṁ kṛtvā
mām evaiṣyaty asaṁśayaḥ
Word for word (synonyms)
- yaḥ
- anyone
- idam
- this
- paramam
- most
- guhyam
- confidential
- mat
- Mine
- bhakteṣu
- amongst devotees of
- abhidhāsyati
- explains
- bhaktim
- devotional service
- mayi
- unto Me
- parām
- transcendental
- kṛtvā
- having done
- mām
- unto Me
- eva
- certainly
- eṣyati
- comes
- asaṁśayaḥ
- without doubt
Translation
For one who explains the supreme secret to the devotees, devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me.
Purport
Generally it is advised that Bhagavad-gītā be discussed amongst the devotees only, for those who are not devotees will neither understand Kṛṣṇa nor Bhagavad-gītā. Those who do not accept Kṛṣṇa as He is and Bhagavad-gītā as it is should not try to explain Bhagavad-gītā whimsically and become offenders. Bhagavad-gītā should be explained to persons who are ready to accept Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is a subject matter for the devotees only and not for philosophical speculators. Anyone, however, who tries sincerely to present Bhagavad-gītā as it is will advance in devotional activities and reach the pure devotional state of life. As a result of such pure devotion, he is sure to go back home, back to Godhead.
What this verse teaches
Glory of Studying and Teaching Bhagavad-gīta
- Section
- The Conclusion
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 1
- Bhagavad-gītā 18.67–69 1972-12-09
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.