Bhagavad Gita 7.16
चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन। आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ।।
chatur-vidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ sukṛitino ’rjuna ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī cha bharatarṣhabha
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| chatuḥ-vidhāḥ | chatuḥ-vidhāḥ | four kinds |
| bhajante | bhajante | worship |
| mām | mām | me |
| janāḥ | janāḥ | people |
| su-kṛitinaḥ | su-kṛitinaḥ | those who are pious |
| arjuna | arjuna | Arjun |
| ārtaḥ | ārtaḥ | the distressed |
| jijñāsuḥ | jijñāsuḥ | the seekers of knowledge |
| artha-arthī | artha-arthī | the seekers of material gain |
| jñānī | jñānī | those who are situated in knowledge |
| cha | cha | and |
| bharata-ṛiṣhabha | bharata-ṛiṣhabha | The best amongst the Bharatas, Arjun |
Four kinds of virtuous men worship Me, O Arjuna, and they are the distressed, the seekers of knowledge, the seekers of wealth, and the wise, O Lord of the Bharatas.
हे भरत श्रेष्ठ अर्जुन ! उत्तम कर्म करने वाले (सुकृतिन:) आर्त, जिज्ञासु, अर्थार्थी और ज्ञानी ऐसे चार प्रकार के लोग मुझे भजते हैं।।