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चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन । आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ॥६-२९-१६॥
Four kinds of virtuous persons worship Me, O Arjuna: the distressed, the seeker of knowledge, the seeker of material aims, and the knower—O best of the Bharatas.
english translation
तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते । प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः॥६-२९-१७॥
Among them, the knower—ever steadfast in yoga and devoted with single-pointed bhakti—stands foremost. For I am exceedingly dear to the knower, and that one is dear to Me.
english translation
उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम् । आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम्॥६-२९-१८॥
All these are noble; yet the knower is, in My view, My very Self. For, with the self disciplined, that one abides in Me alone as the unsurpassed goal.
english translation
बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते । वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः॥६-२९-१९॥
At the end of many births, the one endowed with knowledge takes refuge in Me, realizing: ‘Vāsudeva is all.’ Such a great-souled person is very rare.
english translation
कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः । तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया॥६-२९-२०॥
Those whose discernment is carried away by various desires take refuge in other deities, adopting this or that observance, constrained by their own nature.
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