Why does the Gita say that Krishna can’t be attained by worship?

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from Sushant Prabhu in Bhagavad Gita Krishna states that I cannot be attained by worship in 11.53 so what does it mean? whose worship is he referring to and how can he not be attained by worship answer in 18.53 when Krishna uses the word worship he is using that not in the sense of deity worship as we use it he is using it in the sense of worship through fire sacrifices naaham vedainatapasana daanena chaitjaya shakkevam vidhodashtu dashtavanasimamita so naaham vedainatapasana daanena chaitjaya so yajna, daana, tapa are the three standard processes which are talked about as dharmic processes in the Vedic tradition Krishna will talk about yajna, daana, tapa repeatedly in 17th chapter and 18th chapter so these are purifying but these do not, they elevate our consciousness to slightly higher levels but they don’t take us to Krishna what takes us to Krishna is bhakti alone so here naaham vedai by study of Vedas I cannot be known and associated with the study of the Vedas are these three processes yajna, daana, tapa and Krishna is saying that none of these can lead to attainment na tapasana, tapa is there na daanena and na chaitjaya so chaitjaya refers to yajna so by, merely by doing fire sacrifices which are often karmakandi activities, they are dharmic but they are activities done for using dharma to gain artha and gama, they do not lead to the attainment of Krishna so yajna refers to performance of fire sacrifices and the worship of the fire and the devatas through the means of fire so that cannot lead to this attainment of the supreme lord for that we need bhakti and that’s it we will talk about next verse so that yajna is definitely not a component of bhakti because we know bhakti Krishna says bhaktya bhaktya mam janaati bhaktya to nanya shaakya ananya bhakti I can be known and within this bhakti there is worship which is archanam, the deity worship is there which is archanam, so that is different, so Krishna is not talking about the word worship can lead us to confusion but the worship refers not to deity worship or worship of Krishna is the absolute truth it is talking about fire sacrifice the worship that is involved in that fire sacrifice that cannot lead us to Krishna but bhakti definitely leads us to Krishna that he asserts in next verse and within bhakti when we worship Krishna through the process of deity worship that is actually not what NGI is referring to that is actually a component of bhakti and that definitely helps us to advance and advance towards Krishna thank you question from Sopanil