tad brÅ«hy asaá¹…go jaá¸avan nigÅ«á¸ha-
vijñÄna-vÄ«ryo vicarasy apÄraḥ
vacÄá¹si yoga-grathitÄni sÄdho
na naḥ ká¹£amante manasÄpi bhettum
tat - therefore; brÅ«hi - please speak; asaá¹…gaḥ - who have no association with the material world; jaá¸a-vat - appearing like a deaf and dumb man; nigÅ«á¸ha - completely hidden; vijñÄna-vÄ«ryaḥ - who have full knowledge of the spiritual science and are thus very powerful; vicarasi - you are moving; apÄraḥ - who possess unlimited spiritual glories; vacÄá¹si - the words uttered by you; yoga-grathitÄni - bearing the complete meaning of mystic yoga; sÄdho - O great, saintly person; na - not; naḥ - of us; ká¹£amante - are able; manasÄ api - even by the mind; bhettum - to understand by analytical study.
Saintly people like Jaá¸a Bharata do not speak ordinary words. Whatever they say is approved by great yogÄ«s and those advanced in spiritual life. That is the difference between ordinary people and saintly people. The listener must also be advanced to understand the words of such exalted, spiritually advanced people as Jaá¸a Bharata. Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ was spoken to Arjuna, not to others. Lord Kṛṣṇa especially selected Arjuna for instruction in spiritual knowledge because Arjuna happened to be a great devotee and confidential friend. Similarly, great personalities also speak to the advanced, not to śūdras, vaiÅ›yas, women or unintelligent men. Sometimes it is very risky to give great philosophical instructions to ordinary people, but ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, for the benefit of the fallen souls of Kali-yuga, has given us a very nice instrument, the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. The general mass of people, although śūdras and less, can be purified by chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Then they can understand the exalted philosophical statements of Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ and ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam. Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement has therefore adopted the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahÄ-mantra for the general masses. When people gradually become purified, they are instructed in the lessons of Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ and ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam. Materialistic people like strÄ«, śūdra and dvija-bandhu cannot understand words of spiritual advancement, yet one can take to the shelter of a Vaiṣṇava, for he knows the art of enlightening even śūdras in the highly elevated subject matter spoken in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ and ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam.