With a direct statement in the style of an open confession, Krishna is here removing all possible misgivings of the orthodox, by insisting that the Truth he has declared in the last chapter… Karma Yoga… is nothing other than the same ancient Yoga.
A Master can feel really inspired and instruct efficiently, only when he establishes a certain type of affectionate rapport with the students. Krishna finds that his friend Arjuna is fully devoted to Him, and that he will certainly follow the “Path” indicated by Him. The relationship between teacher and taught should not be a mere commercial arrangement of “you-pay-and-I-teach.” Mind and intellect blossom forth only in a warmer climate of love and freedom, friendship and mutual understanding. These qualities required for a healthy transference of the subjective knowledge were found in full measure in Arjuna and therefore, Krishna says ‘I taught you’ this Yoga in the earlier chapter.
The secrecy mentioned here only indicates that a man, however wise he might be, may not come to suspect the existence of the Atman in himself without being so advised by a man of Experience. The Self being that which is beyond the intellect, (III-41) the reasoning capacity in a man cannot come to suspect the existence of an Eternal, Changeless, Conscious Principle, subtler than the intellect, ever illumining the thoughts rising in the very intellect. Hence, this Science of Truth is called here as the Supreme secret.
“IN ORDER NOT TO LEAVE IN ANYBODY’S MIND AN IMPRESSION THAT ANY INCONSISTENT STATEMENT HAS BEEN MADE BY THE LORD, ARJUNA ASKS, AS THOUGH RAISING AN OBJECTION:
