7.15 न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः। माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः
na māṃ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante nar
Word meanings
na—not;mām—unto me;duṣhkṛitinaḥ—the evil doers;mūḍhāḥ—the ignorant;prapadyante—surrender;nara-adhamāḥ—one who lazily follows one’s lower nature;māyayā—by God’s material energy;apahṛita jñānāḥ—those with deluded intellect;āsuram—demoniac;bhāvam—nature;āśhritāḥ—surrender
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The deluded evil-doers, the vilest of men, who are robbed of knowledge by the trick of illusion and have taken refuge in the demonic nature—they do not resort to Me.
The sinner, the ignorant, the vile, deprived of spiritual perception by the glamour of Illusion, and he who pursues a godless life - none of them shall find Me.
The evil-doers, the foolish, the lowest of men, those persons deprived of knowledge by delusion (Maya) and those who are dominated by demoniac nature - they do not seek refuge in Me.
The foolish evildoers, who are the most depraved among men, who are deprived of (their) wisdom by Maya, and who resort to demoniacal ways, do not take refuge in Me.
The evil-doers and the deluded, who are the lowest of men, do not seek Me; they whose knowledge is destroyed by illusion follow the ways of demons.
7.17 तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते। प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः
teṣāṃ jñānī nitya
Word meanings
teṣhām—amongst these;jñānī—those who are situated in knowledge;nitya-yuktaḥ—ever steadfast;eka—exclusively;bhaktiḥ—devotion;viśhiṣhyate—highest;priyaḥ—very dear;hi—certainly;jñāninaḥ—to the person in knowledge;atyartham—highly;aham—I;saḥ—he;cha—and;mama—to me;priyaḥ—dear
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Of them, the man of wisdom, being always attached to Me with single-pointed devotion, excels. For, I am dear to the man of wisdom above all personal gains, and he is dear to Me.
Of all of these, he who has gained wisdom, who meditates on Me without ceasing, devoting himself only to Me, he is the best; for by the wise man I am exceedingly beloved and the wise man, too, is beloved by Me.
Of these, the man of knowledge, being ever with Me in Yoga and devoted to the One only, is the foremost; for I am very dear to the man of knowledge and he too is dear to Me.
Of them, the man of Knowledge, endowed with constant steadfastness and one-pointed devotion, excels. For I am very much dear to the man of Knowledge, and he too is dear to Me.
Of them, the wise, ever steadfast and devoted to the One, excels (is the best); for, I am exceedingly dear to the wise and he is dear to Me.
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ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग
Chapter 7: Jnana Vijnana Yoga
jñānavijñānayoga
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7.16 चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन। आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ
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Word meanings
chatuḥ-vidhāḥ—four kinds;bhajante—worship;mām—me;janāḥ—people;su-kṛitinaḥ—those who are pious;arjuna—Arjun;ārtaḥ—the distressed;jijñāsuḥ—the seekers of knowledge;artha-arthī—the seekers of material gain;jñānī—those who are situated in knowledge;cha—and;bharata-ṛiṣhabha—The best amongst the Bharatas, Arjun
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Men of good action who always worship Me are of four types: the afflicted, the seeker of knowledge, the seeker of wealth, and the man of wisdom, O best among the Bharatas!
O Arjuna! The righteous who worship Me are grouped by stages: first, they who suffer, next they who desire knowledge, then they who thirst after truth, and lastly they who attain wisdom.
Four types of men of good deeds worship Me, O Arjuna, These are the distressed, the seekers after knowledge, the wealth-seekers, and the men of knowledge.
O Arjuna, foremost of the Bharata dynasty, four classes of people of virtuous deeds adore Me: the afflicted, the seeker of Knowledge, the seeker of wealth and the man of Knowledge.
Four kinds of virtuous men worship Me, O Arjuna! They are the distressed, the seeker of knowledge, the seeker of wealth, and the wise, O lord of the Bharatas!
