Without devotion and freedom from envy of God, all spiritual labor remains fruitless waste; only bhakti-yoga grants immediate perception and eternal liberation.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — April 2, 1974, Bombay 740402MW-BOMBAY [40:51 Minutes] Walk_740402MW-BOMBAY Chandobhai: idaṁ tu te guhyatamaṁ pravakṣyāmy anasūyave jñānaṁ vijñāna-sahitaṁ yaj jñātvā mokṣyase 'śubhāt [Bg. 9.1] Prabhupāda: Yes, the first qualification is anasūyave. Dr. Patel: Anasūyave, one who is not [indistinct] against God.
Prabhupāda: No. One who is not envious. A person generally... All conditioned souls, they are envious of God.
Envious. "Why He should be God? I am God. I am God." So Arjuna is not like that type of.
Therefore he is speaking to Arjuna. He is devotee. In the Fourth Chapter also, He said, bhakto 'si priyo 'si [Bg. 4.3]. Therefore Kṛṣṇa does not expose Himself unless one is devotee.
This is first qualification. So to understand Bhagavad-gītā one must be a devotee. The so-called jñānī, yogī, they cannot understand. It is not possible, because they are trying to become God.
Although it is simply dream, they can never become, but they are envious, that "Why Kṛṣṇa should be God? I have got so many gods." Anasūyave. Dr. Patel: Rāja-vidya rāja-guhyaṁ pavitram idam uttamam pratyakṣa...
Prabhupāda: Avagamam. Dr. Patel: ...avagamaṁ dharmyaṁ su-sukhaṁ kartum avyayam [Bg. 9.2].