CH 7, Verse 16

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Chapter 7

Verse 16

 

Chatur-vidhaa bhajante maa.n janaah sukritino'rjuna /

aarto jijnaasur arth'aarthee jnaanee cha

bharata'rshhabha //

 

O! Arjuna, four kinds of virtuous men worship Me‚ the

distressed, the seeker of knowledge, the seeker of

wealth and the man imbued with wisdom.

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA – 72

As taught by Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji

 

In the following verse, the Lord speaks about His true

devotees. He says:

 

"O! Arjuna, four kinds of virtuous men worship Me‚ the

distressed, the seeker of knowledge, the seeker of

wealth and the man imbued with wisdom" (Chapter 7,

Verse 16).

 

The Lord here classified His devotees into four

categories. First comes the class of the distressed

devotees. The Aartaí is the one who is suffering from

some incurable disease or who has incurred heavy loss

in business transactions or who suffers from poverty

or any other mental or physical agonies. Such a

distressed person will want to get rid of his ailments

and agonies by devotion and worship of the Lord. So he

worships the Lord and becomes devoted to Him.

 

 

 

 

 

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