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Gadastisamurchya
This is because their mental inclination is naturally biased towards yoga, their self-reflection is completely inclined towards yoga. Thus, this Gadasti text, while primarily for self-knowledge, is also secondarily for the benefit of others. In other words, the primary purpose of this text is to benefit both self and others. This is a prime example of how the actions of a great soul, while primarily for self-benefit, also become beneficial for all, for public use. Compare:
" न कवित्वाभिमानेन न कीर्तिप्रसरेच्छया। । कृतिः किन्तु मदीयेयं स्वबोधायैव केवलम् ॥"
–Shri Shubhachandracharya's Shri Jnanarnava. And from this, it is also important to note that true selfless saints who benefit themselves are the ones who are truly capable of benefiting others. Those who achieve self-interest, which is the form of self-interest, are the ones who can achieve the ultimate goal of benefiting others. Because those who do not benefit themselves cannot benefit others; those who do not achieve self-knowledge cannot achieve the benefit of others. Because "If it is in the well, it will come to the air." "If you don't achieve anything for yourself, what will you cook for others?" But those who dare to benefit others without achieving self-interest, who boast about it, lose both and become corrupt. Those who go to teach others without teaching their own soul cannot benefit either their father or others; because without the strength of character, which is the form of self-purification, the intended effect does not occur, the hearts of others are not touched, and it becomes like "water on a stone"! That is why the first and foremost endeavor of the knowers of the right path, the virtuous, the good men, is to teach their own soul, because they feel deeply that: "O soul! You teach me, first you learn, because the country of the wise is the most distant and inaccessible." This profound saying of Shrimad Rajchandraji should be engraved in the hearts of all seekers:
"You teach, first you learn,
The country of the wise is the most distant and inaccessible." – Shrimad Rajchandraji. Thus, the lecture activity of such virtuous, virtuous men, while primarily for self-study, is also like this writing activity, silent.