चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन ।आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ ॥
caturvidhā bhajante māṃ janāḥ sukṛtino’rjunaārto 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 in the world, the seeker for knowledge, and those who adore Me with knowledge, O Lord of the Bharatas.
Gītā 7·16Among those who have put away the sin of the rajasic egoism and are moving towards the Divine, the Gita distinguishes between four kinds of bhaktas. There are those who turn to him as a refuge from sorrow and suffering in the world, ārtaḥ There are those who seek him as the giver of good in the world, arthārthī. There are those who come to him in the desire for knowledge, jijñāsuḥ. And lastly there are those who adore him with knowledge, jñānī. All are approved by the Gita, but only on the last does it lay the seal of its complete sanction.
