BG 18.67

इदं ते नातपस्काय नाभक्ताय कदाचन ।
न चाशुश्रूषवे वाच्यं न च मां योऽभ्यसूयति ॥
idaṁ te nātapaskāya nābhaktāya kadācana
na cāśuśrūṣave vācyaṁ na ca māṁ yo ’bhyasūyati

Word-for-word meanings

idam — this [confidential knowledge];  na vācyam — is not to be revealed;  te — by you;  kadācana — at any time;  na — neither;  atapaskāya — to one who is not prepared to undergo spiritual discipline;  na — nor;  abhaktāya — to one who is devoid of devotion;  na — nor;  ca — also;  aśuśrūṣave — to one who is not whole-heartedly inquisitive;  ca — and;  yaḥ — [not to one] who;  abhyasūyati — is envious;  mām — toward Me.

Translation

This confidential knowledge should never be revealed by you to a person who is not prepared to undergo spiritual discipline, or to one who is devoid of devotion, or to one who is not whole-heartedly inquisitive, or to one who is envious of Me.

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