Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 7.16
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 7.16 · 7 · Verse 16
Sanskrit Original
।।7.16।। चतुर्विधाः चतुःप्रकाराः भजन्ते सेवन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनः पुण्यकर्माणः हे अर्जुन। आर्तः आर्तिपरिगृहीतः तस्करव्याघ्ररोगादिना अभिभूतः आपन्नः जिज्ञासुः भगवत्तत्त्वं ज्ञातुमिच्छति यः अर्थार्थी धनकामः ज्ञानी विष्णोः तत्त्वविच्च हे भरतर्षभ।।
7.16 Again, O Arjuna, foremost of the Bharata dynasty, caturvidhah, four classes; of janah, people; who are eminent among human beings and are pious in actions, and are sukrtinah, of virtuous deeds; bhajante, adore; mam, Me; artah, the afflicted-one who is overcome by sorrow, who is in distress, ['One who, being in distress and seeking to be saved from it, takes refuge (in Me).'] being over-whelmed by thieves, tigers, disease, etc.; jijnasuh, the seeker of Knowledge, who wants to know the reality of the Lord; artharthi, the seeker of wealth; and jnani, the man of Knowledge, [i.e. one who, already having intellectual knowledge, aspires for Liberation.] who knows the reality of Visnu.