Bhagavad Gita 3.32
ये त्वेतदभ्यसूयन्तो नानुतिष्ठन्ति मे मतम् । सर्वज्ञानविमूढांस्तान्विद्धि नष्टानचेतसः ॥
ye tv etad abhyasūyanto nānutiṣṭhanti me matam | sarva-jñāna-vimūḍhāṃs tān viddhi naṣṭān acetasaḥ ||
Translation
But those who, finding fault with this view of mine, do not act up to it, know to be deluded in respect of all knowledge, devoid of discrimination, and ruined.
Reflection
What instruction have you been dismantling instead of trying?
Read this verse in its chapter: Chapter Three
The mirror of 3.31. Abhyasūyantaḥ, those who find fault, who dismiss out of cleverness, are naṣṭa, lost. Acetasaḥ, without discrimination. The verse is severe and short. The teaching is not difficult because the content is dense. It is difficult because the disposition required is not cleverness but trust, and clever students often refuse trust as a matter of style. Shankara: the verse is not a threat. It is a description. The faultfinding cuts the student off from a teaching they cannot receive any other way.