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Because the attainment of the supreme limit of love for the Blessed Lord 278 is impossible without the higher non-attachment, and because the higher non-attachment cannot exist without knowledge, both knowledge and non-attachment should be cultivated in order to acquire it. Thus it is said:

299 279 By non-enjoyment of the material qualities that compose the primal cause, by knowledge made full through nonattachment, by yoga, and by devotion fixed on Me, attains Me, the inner Self, here in this body. 3.25.27 By the yoga of devotion accompanied by knowledge and non-attachment, yogis resort for shelter to the tips of My feet which are free from danger from any quarter. 3.25.43 Devotion, non-attachment, and knowledge of the Blessed Lord arise for the devotee who constantly worships the feet of Acyuta. Thereupon, O King, he attains the highest peace directly. 11.4.43 The devotee is the person who practices the spiritual disciplines of the Lord's devotees. First comes knowledge of the Blessed Lord, then there arises the higher nonattachment, and then the devotion which is of the nature of love. 280 The Blessed Lord Himself teaches this to Uddhava:281 For the possessor of knowledge, I alone am the desired object and favored means; I am heaven and final liberation also. No other thing is dear to him excepting Me. Those who have knowledge and discrimination know My highest state. Therefore the possessor of knowledge is the dearest to Me, for he maintains Me 282 through his knowledge. 11.19.2-3 Because there is a