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Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 7 Text 16
catur-vidha bhajante mam
janah sukrtino 'rjuna
arto jijnasur artharthi
jnani ca bharatarsabha

catuh-vidhah- -four kinds of; bhajante--render services; mam--unto Me; janah--persons; su-krtinah-- those who are pious; arjuna--O Arjuna; artah--the distressed; jijnasuh--the inquisitive; artha-arthi- -one who desires material gain; jnani--one who knows things as they are; ca--also; bharata-rsabha- -O great one amongst the descendants of Bharata.

TRANSLATION

O best among the Bharatas, four kinds of pious men begin to render devotional service unto Me--the distressed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute.

JOURNAL:

Srila Prabhupada writes in his purport; These persons come to the Supreme Lord for devotional service under different conditions. These are not pure devotees, because they have some aspiration to fulfill in exchange for devotional service. Pure devotional service is without aspiration and without desire for material profit. The Bhakti-rasamrta- sindhu (1.1.11) defines pure devotion thus:

anyabhilasita- sunyam
jnana-karmady- anavrtam
anukulyena krsnanu-
silanam bhaktir uttama

"One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Krsna favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devotional service."

When we come to the Lord with a problem we, in essence, ask Him to do our will. Although I think it is good to come to God no matter what the reason we have to understand that from our limited point of view we may not know what is truly good for us. I can not be disappointed if Krishna does not fulfill my order.

This is one of the reasons I prefer to see Krishna as Laddu Gopal. If He is my child I want to fulfill His wish. When I see Him as my father I want Him to fulfill mine.