Sanskrit · Devanagari
इदं ते नातपस्काय नाभक्ताय कदाचन। न चाशुश्रूषवे वाच्यं न च मां योऽभ्यसूयति ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
idaṃ te nātapaskāya nābhaktāya kadācana na cāśuśrūṣave vācyaṃ na ca māṃ yo.abhyasūyati
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882This you should never declare to one who performs no penance who is not a devotee nor to one who does not wait on (some preceptor) nor yet to one who calumniates me.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।18.67।। --,इदं शास्त्रं ते तव हिताय मया उक्तं संसारविच्छित्तये अतपस्काय तपोरहिताय न वाच्यम् इति व्यवहितेन संबध्यते। तपस्विनेऽपि अभक्ताय गुरौ देवे च भक्तिरहिताय कदाचन कस्यांचिदपि अवस्थायां न वाच्यम्। भक्तः तपस्वी अपि सन् अशुश्रूषुः यो भवति तस्मै अपि न वाच्यम्। न च यो मां वासुदेवं प्राकृतं मनुष्यं मत्वा अभ्यसूयति आत्मप्रशंसादिदोषाध्यारोपणेन ईश्वरत्वं मम अजानन् न सहते? असावपि अयोग्यः? तस्मै अपि न वाच्यम्। भगवति अनसूयायुक्ताय तपस्विने भक्ताय शुश्रूषवे वाच्यं शास्त्रम् इति,सामर्थ्यात् गम्यते। तत्र मेधाविने तपस्विने वा इति अनयोः विकल्पदर्शनात् शुश्रूषाभक्तियुक्ताय तपस्विने तद्युक्ताय मेधाविने वा वाच्यम्। शुश्रूषाभक्तिवियुक्ताय न तपस्विने नापि मेधाविने वाच्यम्। भगवति असूयायुक्ताय समस्तगुणवतेऽपि न वाच्यम्। गुरुशुश्रूषाभक्तिमते च वाच्यम् इत्येषः शास्त्रसंप्रदायविधिः।।संप्रदायस्य कर्तुः फलम् इदानीम् आह --,
90feef8ae9a5…Rāmānuja
18.67 I have taught you this most secret doctrine. This should not be imparted by you to someone who has not practised austere disciplines. Never should this be taught to someone who is not devoted to Me and to you, the teacher (i.e., when you have to play the role of a teacher of this doctrine). The meaning is that it should not be taught by you to someone who, though practising austerities, is not a devotee and does not serve Me. It is also never to be taught to one who has no wish to listen, even though he is a devotee. Nor should it be imparted to one who traduces Me, that is, who - when My nature, glories and attributes are described - discovers defects in them. The differences of case (from ablative to nominative form) is to teach that the last one is the most despicable character.
c43c9b9236ac…Swami Sivananda
18.67 इदम् this? ते by thee? न not? अतपस्काय to one who is devoid of austerity? न not? अभक्ताय to one who is not devoted? कदाचन never? न not? च and? अशुश्रूषवे to one who does not render service or who does not desire to listen? वाच्यम् to be spoken? न not? च and? माम् Me? यः who? अभ्यसूयति cavils at.Commentary This The scripture which has been taught to you.Service To the Guru.The scripture can be taught to him who does not speak ill of the Lord? who is a man of austerities? who is devoted? who is thirsting to hear and who renders service to his Guru.One who cavils at Me He who disregards Me taking Me for an ordinary man? who does not like to be told that I am the Lord.
abc9ea60ad8c…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.