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Entry आर्त

आर्तārtaa.Afflicted with, struck by, suffering from, pained by; सा त्रियामा तदार्तस्य चन्द्रमण्डल- मण्डिता Rām.2.13.15…
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1. Afflicted with, struck by, suffering from, pained by; सा त्रियामा तदार्तस्य चन्द्रमण्डल- मण्डिता Rām.2.13.15; usually in comp., कामार्त, क्षुधार्त, तृषार्त etc.
2. Sick, diseased; आर्तस्य यथौषधम् R.1.28; Ms.4.236.
3. Distressed, afflicted, struck by calamity, oppressed, unhappy; आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी Bg.7.16; आर्तत्राणाय वः शस्त्रं न प्रहर्तुमनागसि Ś.1.11; R.2.28,8.31, 12.1,32.
4. Perishable (विनाशिन् अतोऽन्यदार्तम्) Bṛi. Up.3.4.2.
5. Inconvenient; आर्ता यस्मिन् काले भवन्ति स आर्तः कालः । ŚB. on MS.6.5.37.
Derived forms and compounds
- -नादः, -ध्वनिः, -स्वरः a cry of distress, -बन्धुः, -साधुः a friend of the distressed.
In the Gita7·16

आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ ॥

ārto jijñāsurarthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha. — Among the virtuous ones who turns towards Me (the Divine) with devotion, O Arjuna, there are four kinds of bhaktas; the suffering, the seeker for good… 7·16
- आर्तःārtaḥnominative singular of the masculine form of the adjective ārta (one who is afflicted).
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