Chapter 7, Verse 16
चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन। आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ।।7.16।।
caturvidhā bhajante māṃ janāḥ sukṛtino'rjuna| ārto jijñāsurarthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha||7.16||
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- चतुर्विधाः
- four kinds of
- भजन्ते
- worship/devote themselves to
- मां
- me
- जनाः
- people
- सुकृतिनः
- virtuous/righteous ones
- अर्जुन
- O Arjuna
- आर्तः
- the distressed (one)
- जिज्ञासुः
- the seeker of knowledge
- अर्थार्थी
- the seeker of wealth/gain
- ज्ञानी
- the man of wisdom/knowledge
- च
- and
- भरतर्षभ
- O best of the Bharatas
Commentary
16. Fonr kinds of virtuous men worship Me, O Atjuna — the distressed, the seeker of knowledge* the seeker of wealth, and the wise man, O lord of the Bharatas.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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चतुर्विधाः
भजन्ते
मां
जनाः
सुकृतिनः
अर्जुन
आर्तः
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च
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