Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya nama: "sukrthibhEdham" - AH 189 (sukrthi - four types of people who had done puNya) nAlvagaipatta nalvinaiyALargaL: BG 7.16: cathurviDhA bhajanthE mAm janA: sukrthino'rjuna | ArthO jig~nAsur arThArThI g~nAni ca bhAratharShabha || O bharatha,there exist four types of people who seek and offer worship to Me for various things;(i)Artha,one who approaches Me for the lost wealth, (ii)jig~nAsu,one who approaches Me for kaivalya,that is one who wishes to have the knowledge of the AtmA alone without any connection with Me (iii)arThArThi,one seeks Me for new wealth and (iv) g~nAni,who wants to attain Me. PS:Sri Vanamamalai Padmanabhan had mentioned about this in one of his post(Reflection on Azhi mazhai kaNNa) NammAzhvAr says the nature of Artha in "oru nAyagamAy Oda ulagu udan ANdavar perunAdu kANa immaiyilE piccai thAm koLvar" - TVM 4.1.1 nature of jig~nAsu in "iRukal iRappennum g~nAnikkum" - TVM 4.1.10 nature of arThArThI in "guNangkoL niRaipugazh mannar" - TVM 4.1.8 and the nature of g~nAni in "ThirunAraNan thAL kAlampeRac sindhiththu uymminO" - TVM 4.1.1 AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigaLE saraNam NC Nappinnai
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