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ārta, arthārthī,—dui sakāma-bhitare gaṇi
jijñāsu, jñānī,—dui mokṣa-kāma māni
Synonyms
arta—distressed; artha-arthi—desirous of money; dui—two persons; sakāma-bhitare—in the division of material activities; gani—we consider; jijñāsu—inquisitive; jnani—pursuing knowledge; dui—two; mokṣa-kama—transcendentalists pursuing spiritual knowledge for liberation; mani—I consider. ¶
Translation
“Materialistic devotees take to devotional service and worship Kṛṣṇa when they are distressed or in need of money. Those who are actually inquisitive to understand the supreme source of everything and those who are in search of knowledge are called transcendentalists, for they desire liberation from all material contamination. ¶