चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन | आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ ||७-१६||
caturvidhā bhajante māṃ janāḥ sukṛtino.arjuna . ārto jijñāsurarthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha ||7-16||
- catuḥ-vidhāḥ
- four kinds of
- bhajante
- render services
- mām
- unto Me
- janāḥ
- persons
- su-kṛtinaḥ
- those who are pious
- arjuna
- O Arjuna
- ārtaḥ
- the distressed
- jijñāsuḥ
- the inquisitive
- artha-arthī
- one who desires material gain
- jñānī
- one who knows things as they are
- ca
- also
- bharata-ṛṣabha
- O great one amongst the descendants of Bharata
O best among the Bhāratas, four kinds of pious men begin to render devotional service unto Me – the distressed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute.