Shloka 35
धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)
तुमने मुझसे सुना है कि आर्त, जिज्ञासु, अर्थार्थी और ज्ञानी--ये चार प्रकारके मनुष्य मेरे भक्त हैं। इनमें जो एकान्ततः मेरा ही भजन करते हैं, दूसरे देवताओंको अपना आराध्य नहीं मानते हैं, वे सबसे श्रेष्ठ हैं। निष्कामभावसे समस्त कर्म करनेवाले उन भक्तोंकी परमगति मैं ही हूँ ।। ये च शिष्टास्त्रयो भक्ता: फलकामा हि ते मता: । सर्वे च्यवनधर्मस्ति प्रतिबुद्धस्तु श्रेष्ठभाक्,जो शेष तीन प्रकारके भक्त हैं, वे फलकी इच्छा रखनेवाले माने गये हैं। अतः वे सभी नीचे गिरनेवाले होते हैं--पुण्यभोगके अनन्तर स्वर्गादिलोकोंसे च्युत हो जाते हैं, परंतु ज्ञानी भक्त सर्वश्रेष्ठ फल (भगवत्प्राप्ति)का भागी होता है
arjuna uvāca | tvayā mayi śrutaṃ pūrvaṃ caturvidhā bhaktāḥ—ārtaḥ jijñāsuḥ arthārthī jñānī ca | teṣu ye ekāntato mām eva bhajante, anyadevatāṃ nārādhyāṃ manyante, te śreṣṭhatamāḥ | niṣkāma-bhāvena sarva-karmāṇi kurvatāṃ teṣāṃ bhaktānāṃ parā gatiḥ aham eva || ye ca śiṣṭāḥ trayo bhaktāḥ phala-kāmāḥ iti te matāḥ | sarve cyavana-dharmāṇaḥ—puṇya-bhogānantaraṃ svargādi-lokebhyaḥ cyavante | pratibuddhaḥ tu (jñānī bhaktaḥ) śreṣṭha-phala-bhāk—bhagavat-prāptiṃ labhate ||
Arjuna said: “I have heard from you that there are four kinds of devotees—those distressed, those who seek to know, those who seek gain, and the wise. Among them, those who worship you alone with single-minded devotion, not accepting other deities as their chosen object of worship, are the highest. For those devotees who perform all actions without desire for reward, you alone are the supreme goal. As for the remaining three types of devotees, they are regarded as motivated by the desire for results; therefore they are subject to falling away—after enjoying the fruits of merit, they slip from heaven and other worlds. But the awakened, wise devotee partakes of the most excellent fruit: attainment of the Lord.”
अर्जुन उवाच