Why does the Gita 18.68 restrict its message of devotion to devotees?

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just like the leaves arre question question what is the point in sharing the message of devotion with the devotees the bhagavata says in 18.68 that the message should be told to devotees but what is the point of telling the message of devotion to those who are already living that life of devotion answer the point is that people should be devotionally inclined or at least devotionally interested otherwise the message of Krishna’s glory will infuse the envy in their hearts and that envy will actually alienate them further away from Krishna so it’s not a restriction that is a deprivation it is a restriction that is actually a form of protection because normally if we love someone and when we hear the glories of that person our affection increases but if we are envious of someone and we hear the glories of that person our envy increases so when Krishna is telling share this message with devotees that means here the word devotee is not used in a restricted sense where a person is a serious sadhaka and certainly not a person who is a siddha here he is talking about a person who has a heart that is open to hearing the glories of God so Krishna himself said earlier it’s not some new thing that Krishna is telling in 18.67-68 he has already told it earlier that Arjuna I am telling you this message because you are unassuming away in 9.1-9.2 he talks about this so he is talking about hinted at in the 4th chapter also when he says that you are my devotee so the message is not meant to be a deprivation but it is meant to be a protection that people who are envious should not become more envious so the point of sharing the message with the devotionally inclined is to help to provide them substance which will increase their devotion and to not let the envious become more envious