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
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