Shloka 16
Rāja-Vidyā Rāja-Guhya Yoga (राजविद्या राजगुह्य योग) — The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret
चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जना: सुकृतिनोअ<र्जुनर | आर्तों जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ
caturvidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ sukṛtino 'rjuna | ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha ||
O Arjuna, apat na uri ng mabubuting tao ang lumalapit sa Akin sa debosyon: ang nagdurusa, ang naghahanap ng kaalaman, ang naghahangad ng pakinabang sa daigdig, at ang marunong—O pinakamainam sa angkan ng Bharata.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Kṛṣṇa teaches that devotion arises from four main motivations—distress, curiosity for truth, desire for gain, and wisdom—and that all are recognized as meritorious beginnings, with the jñānī representing the most mature, insight-grounded devotion.
On the battlefield discourse of the Mahābhārata, Kṛṣṇa addresses Arjuna and categorizes the kinds of people who approach the Divine, framing Arjuna’s spiritual crisis within a broader ethical-spiritual map of human motives for turning toward God.