The first of the three is higher than the other two in either group.
The description of various forms of worship and different worshippers can be found in the Bhagavad Gita. The three qualities have already been named: “supplicant,” etc., stands for inquirer or seeker of worldly prosperity also. Of these, he who devotes himself to the “brightness” (or goodness) quality in himself, and he who is a supplicant (that divine compassion and Love may become visible for him) are the two foremost.
Chatvarvidhā bhajante māṃ janāḥ sukṛtino ’rjuna
Ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī ca Bharatarṣabha,
“Four kinds of good men worship Me, Arjuna, the afflicted, he who seeks knowledge, he who desires gain, and the wise.”
Bahūnāṃ janmanām ante jñānavān māṃ prapadyate
Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ.
“At the end of many births, the man possessed of wisdom comes to Me, but that Mahātmā (great-souled one) who says ‘Vāsudeva is All’ is very hard to find.”
Bh. am, VII, 16, 19.
The description of various forms of worship and different worshippers can be found in the Bhagavad Gita. The three qualities have already been named: “supplicant,” etc., stands for inquirer or seeker of worldly prosperity also. Of these, he who devotes himself to the “brightness” (or goodness) quality in himself, and he who is a supplicant (that divine compassion and Love may become visible for him) are the two foremost.
Chatvarvidhā bhajante māṃ janāḥ sukṛtino ’rjuna
Ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī ca Bharatarṣabha,
“Four kinds of good men worship Me, Arjuna, the afflicted, he who seeks knowledge, he who desires gain, and the wise.”
Bahūnāṃ janmanām ante jñānavān māṃ prapadyate
Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ.
“At the end of many births, the man possessed of wisdom comes to Me, but that Mahātmā (great-souled one) who says ‘Vāsudeva is All’ is very hard to find.”
Bh. am, VII, 16, 19.