Gita Verse 7.16

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 7, Verse 16

Sanskrit Verse

चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन।

आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ।।7.16।।

Transliteration

chatur-vidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ sukṛitino ’rjuna

ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī cha bharatarṣhabha

Word meanings

chatuḥ-vidhāḥ—four kinds; bhajante—worship; mām—me; janāḥ—people; su-kṛitinaḥ—those who are pious; arjuna—Arjun; ārtaḥ—the distressed; jijñāsuḥ—the seekers of knowledge; artha-arthī—the seekers of material gain; jñānī—those who are situated in knowledge; cha—and; bharata-ṛiṣhabha—The best amongst the Bharatas, Arjun

Swami Sivananda's translation

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.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 7