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Bhagavad Gita · 17.3 · Yoga through Discerning the Three Divisions of Faith·3 of 28

सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारतश्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः

sattvānurūpā sarvasya śhraddhā bhavati bhārata

śhraddhā-mayo ‘yaṁ puruṣho yo yach-chhraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ

Sanskrit recitation

Faith has a flavor · 17.1–17.6 · Teaching

Translation

The faith of each is in accordance with their nature, O Arjuna. People consist of their faith; as a person's faith is, so are they.

Meaning

The faith of every person conforms to his inherent nature or natural temperament. Man is imbued with faith. The term Svabhava is the last verse and the word Sattva in the present one are synonymous.A mans character may be judged by his faith. A mans faith shows what his character is. A man is what his faith has made him. A mans conduct in life is moulded or shaped by his faith. His faith will indicate his Nishtha (state of being, conviction). The faith of each man is according to his natural disposition or the specific tendencies or Samskaras or the selfreprodutive latent impressions of the good and bad actions which were performed in the past births. The faith of each man takes its colour and quality from the stuff of his being, his temperament, tendencies or Samskaras.Sattva Nature Natural disposition the mind with its specific tendencies.Each Every living being.Purusha Man The individual soul which is caught up in the wheel of transmigration the soul qualified by mind.Sraddhamayah Full of faith Just as the Annamaya Kosa is full of food, just as the Anandamaya Kosa is full of bliss, so also the Antahkarana (mind, intellect, etc.) is full of faith.The man consists of his faith that which his faith is, he is verily that. This theory is only a repetition of the theory propounded in chapter VII, verses 20 and 23, and in chapter IX, verse 25.

After Swami Sivananda

Faith has a flavor· 17.1–17.6

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
eva
verily
ayam
that
saḥ
they
yaḥ
who
bhavati
is
bhārata
Arjun, the scion of Bharat
sarvasya
all
śhraddhā
faith
puruṣhaḥ
human being
sattva-anurūpā
conforming to the nature of one’s mind
yat-śhraddhaḥ
whatever the nature of their faith
śhraddhāmayaḥ
possessing faith

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