The Philosophy of the Bhagavadgita : 12.5. - Swami Krishnananda.
================================================================ Sunday, 17 Sep 2023 07:00. Chapter 12: God and the Universe - 5. ================================================================ There is a third category, in whose connection the term used in the Bhagavadgita is artharthi, those who seek artha, or an objective. Usually the word 'artha' is translated as 'object' of 'material need'. Most commentators tell us that the third category mentioned is that of the devotee who turns to God for material prosperity of some kind. But there are others who think that it is not proper to imagine the third category as in any way inferior to the second. There is some sort of a logic, it appears, in the arrangement of these devotees as arta, jijnasu, artharthi and jnani, inasmuch as the last one is proclaimed to be the most superior as contrasted with the earlier ones. And the second one is certainly superior to the first one. It is accepted, therefore, by implic...