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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 32]
TEXT 40
न लोलुपायोपदिशेष गृहारूढचेतसे । नामक्ताय च मे जातु न मङ्क्तद्विषामपि ॥४०॥
na lolupāyopadiśen na gṛhārūḍha-cetase nābhaktāya ca me jātu na mad-bhakta-dviṣām api
na —not;  lolupāya —to the greedy;  upadiśet —one should instruct;  na —not;  gṛha-ārūḍha-cetase —to one who is too attached to family life;  na —not;  abhaktāya —to the nondevotee;  ca —and;  me —of Me;  jātu —ever;  na —not;  mat —My;  bhakta —devotees;  dviṣām —to those who are envious of;  api —also.
TRANSLATION
It is not to be instructed to persons who are too greedy and too attached to family life, nor to persons who are nondevotees and who are envious of the devotees and of the Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
Persons who are always planning to do harm to other living entities are not eligible to understand Kṛṣṇa consciousness and cannot enter into the realm of transcendental loving service to the Lord. Also, there are so-called disciples who become submissive to a spiritual master most artificially, with an ulterior motive. They also cannot understand what Kṛṣṇa consciousness or devotional service is. Persons who, due to being initiated by another sect of religious faith, do not find devotional service as the common platform for approaching the Supreme Personality of Godhead, also cannot understand Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We have experience that some students come to join us, but because of being biased in some particular type of faith, they leave our camp and become lost in the wilderness. Actually, Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not a sectarian religious faith; it is a teaching process for understanding the Supreme Lord and our relationship with Him. Anyone can join this movement without prejudice, but unfortunately there are persons who feel differently. It is better, therefore, not to instruct the science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness unto such persons.
Generally, materialistic persons are after some name, fame and material gain, so if someone takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness for these reasons, he will