Verset 7.16

चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन ।

आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ ॥

7.16

Translittération

caturvidhā bhajante māṃ janāḥ sukṛtino'rjuna |

ārto jijñāsurarthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha ||

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Traduction

Four kinds of virtuous men worship Me, O Arjuna, and they are the distressed, the seekr of knowledge, the seekr of wealth and the wise, O lord of the Bharatas.

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Mot à mot

four kinds of
worship
me
people
virtuous
O Arjuna

the distressed
the seeker of knowledge
the seeker of wealth
the wise
and
O best of Bharatas

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

Krishna describes four kinds of virtuous people who worship him. There is the person in distress, who turns to God in suffering; the seeker of knowledge; the seeker of wealth or worldly good; and the jñānī, the one who knows. The verse is generous: all four are called sukṛtin, those who have done good, even those who come for practical help. The Gita does not despise motives such as need or curiosity. They too bring people into relation with the divine, and may in time grow into something deeper.