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Although many types of philosophers and transcendentalists believe that one who lacks knowledge cannot be liberated from material entanglement, there is no possibility that knowledge without devotional service In other words, when jñāna, or the cultivation of knowledge, leads one onto the path of devotional service

My affectionate friend and relative, and therefore I am imparting to you this most confidential knowledge Because you are My very dear friend, I hereby disclose to you this most confidential knowledge.”

If someone gives up that path and engages in the cultivation of knowledge or in speculation, he will person who beats an empty husk of wheat cannot get grain, one who engages simply in speculative knowledge

When Vyāsadeva was not satisfied even after compiling heaps of books of Vedic knowledge, Nārada Muni, Vyāsa so dejected, Nārada explained the deficiency in his compilation of various books: “Even pure knowledge

automatically performed, including ritualistic duties, sacrifices, yoga and the speculative pursuit of knowledge

Vedic literature highly praises fruitive activities, mystic yoga and the speculative search for knowledge

performances, regulative duties, meditative techniques, and speculative processes for attaining knowledge

or engages out of family tradition, and worships the Deity of the Lord, but he has not cultivated knowledge