चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन ।आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ ॥
caturvidhā bhajante māṃ janāḥ sukṛtino 'rjuna |ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha ||
- चतुर्विधाः · caturvidhāḥ
- of four kinds
- भजन्ते · bhajante
- worship
- सुकृतिनः · sukṛtinaḥ
- doers of good
- अर्जुन · arjuna
- O Arjuna
- आर्तः · ārtaḥ
- the distressed
- जिज्ञासुः · jijñāsuḥ
- the inquirer
- अर्थार्थी · arthārthī
- seeker of gain
- ज्ञानी · jñānī
- person of knowledge
“Four kinds of good-doers worship me, O Arjuna: the distressed, the inquirer, the seeker of gain, and the person of knowledge, O best of Bharatas.”
— Original plain-language translation
Devotion is sorted by motive from pain through curiosity and want to wisdom. All four are called good-doers, none despised. The ladder ascends toward the jnani praised next.
— Reader's notes (original)