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9.1 To you, who do not carp Krishna speaks

इदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे
ज्ञानं विज्ञानसहितं यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात्

idaṁ tu te guhyatamaṁ pravakṣhyāmyanasūyave
jñānaṁ vijñāna-sahitaṁ yaj jñātvā mokṣhyase ’śhubhāt

To you, who do not carp, I will declare this deepest secret — knowledge together with what is realised through it, knowing which you will be released from harm.

Explanation

The teaching is offered on one condition, and it is about temperament.

anasūyave — to you, who do not carp. Not to you, who understand.

What qualifies Arjuna is the absence of a sneer. The chapter about to be called the king of secrets is gated on willingness to hear it, which is a low bar and a real one.

Word by word

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha
the Supreme Lord said
idam
this
tu
but
te
to you
guhya-tamam
the most confidential
pravakṣhyāmi
I shall impart
anasūyave
nonenvious
jñānam
knowledge
vijñāna
realized knowledge
sahitam
with
yat
which
jñātvā
knowing
mokṣhyase
you will be released
aśhubhāt
miseries of material existence