Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 31
Bhakti as the Easy and Supreme Yoga: Seeing Kṛṣṇa in All and Uddhava’s Departure to Badarikāśrama
एतैर्दोषैर्विहीनाय ब्रह्मण्याय प्रियाय च । साधवे शुचये ब्रूयाद् भक्ति: स्याच्छूद्रयोषिताम् ॥ ३१ ॥
etair doṣair vihīnāya brahmaṇyāya priyāya ca sādhave śucaye brūyād bhaktiḥ syāc chūdra-yoṣitām
এই জ্ঞান তাদেরই বলা উচিত যারা এসব দোষমুক্ত, ব্রাহ্মণদের কল্যাণকামী, প্রিয়, সাধু ও শুচি। আর শূদ্র ও নারীদের মধ্যেও যদি পরমেশ্বরের প্রতি ভক্তি থাকে, তবে তারাও যোগ্য শ্রোতা।
FAQs
It says bhakti should be taught to a person free from faults—saintly, pure, and devoted to brahminical (spiritual) principles—because such a listener can truly receive and live the teaching.
Kṛṣṇa is instructing Uddhava on how to transmit the most confidential bhakti teachings responsibly—ensuring they are given to sincere, clean-hearted seekers who will honor and practice them.
Share bhakti teachings with humility and discernment—offer them to those who are respectful, sincere, and willing to live a pure life, and avoid debates with those who only want to criticize.