BG 7.16
चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन ।
आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ ॥
आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ ॥
catur-vidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ sukṛtino ’rjuna
ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha
ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha
Word-for-word meanings
catuḥ-vidhāḥ — four kinds; su-kṛtinaḥ — [of] virtuous [i.e., those engaged in meritorious acts]; janāḥ — people; bhajante — worship; mām — Me; arjuna — O Arjuna; ārtaḥ — the distressed; jijñāsuḥ — those enquiring into the nature of truth; artha-arthī — the seeker of wealth; ca — and; jñānī — the wise; bharata-ṛṣabha — O best of Bharatas.
Translation
Four kinds of virtuous people worship Me, O Arjuna — the distressed, those inquiring into the nature of truth, the seeker of wealth, and the wise ( jñānī), O best of Bharatas.