Gita: four categories of persons who pray to God.
Jambunathan Iyer
Lord Sri Krishna says in the Gita:
Chaturvidhaa Bhajante-Maam Janaah Sukritinorjuna,
Aarto Jijnaasur-Arthaarthee Jnaanee Cha Bharatarshabha.
Bhagavan mentions four categories of persons who pray to God.
The first category is denoted by the term Aartah, i.e., those who are suffering physically and mentally, afflicted by diseases, pain, poverty, troubles, difficulties, etc. They pray to God to lighten their burden and make their existence tolerable.
The second category of persons is denoted by the term Jijnaasu those, who are thirsting for knowledge and are eager to get at the truth of things. The expression Arthaarthee denotes the class of people who are fairly well off in the world, but desire to be blessed with more of the good things of life, so that they can live free from troubles and sorrow and also serve others.
TheThird & last category of persons is denoted by the term Jnaani, those who have acquired Jnaana or wisdom and realized the Supreme Truth. They are people who have realized that there is nothing outside God and that all is God. Yet they too pray. Their prayer is described in the Gita as prayer with the realization that Vaasudeva is all (Vaasudeva sarvamiti).
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Jambunathan Iyer
(a) ārta – the distressed. They desire relief from suffering like sickness and other material calamities. Gajendra is an example.
(b) jijñāsu – the curious. They desire knowledge of the nature of ātmā distinct from the body or knowledge of scriptures with grammar. Śaunaka is an example who approached the Lord to become self realized.
(d) jñānī – the knowledge seeker. The jñānī already knows his self as ātmā and the Lord as Paramātmā. He is niṣkāma because he approaches Kṛṣṇa to gain knowledge and not for fulfilling material desires. Śuka and the Kumāras are examples. Whoever among the four types receives the mercy of the Lord becomes qualified for pure bhakti.
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ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः । सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु मा कश्चिद्दुःखभाग्भवेत् ।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥
Om, May all become happy, May all be healthy , May all see what is auspicious,
May no one suffer . Om Peace, Peace, Peace.
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தாயுமானவர் [பராபரக்கண்ணி – 221]
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ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः । सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु मा कश्चिद्दुःखभाग्भवेत् ।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥
Om, May all become happy, May all be healthy , May all see what is auspicious,
May no one suffer . Om Peace, Peace, Peace.
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