Chapter 7 · Knowledge and Realisation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks
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Text 7.16

चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जना: सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ

chatur-vidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ sukṛitino ’rjuna ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī cha bharatarṣhabha

Recitation · Text 7.16
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (12 words)

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Four kinds of people of good deeds worship Me: the distressed, the enquirer, the seeker of gain, and the one who knows. The distressed are listed first and are not ranked out — arriving because you are in pain is a legitimate door.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The distressed are listed first; arriving out of pain is a legitimate door.