Chapter 17, Verse 2
श्री भगवानुवाच त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा। सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां श्रृणु।।17.2।।
śrī bhagavānuvāca trividhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṃ sā svabhāvajā. sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṃ śṛṇu.।17.2.।
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- श्री भगवान् उवाच
- The Blessed Lord said
- त्रिविधा
- threefold
- भवति
- is/becomes
- श्रद्धा
- faith
- देहिनाम्
- of embodied beings
- सा
- that (faith)
- स्वभावजा
- born of one's own nature
- सात्त्विकी
- of the nature of sattva (goodness)
- राजसी
- of the nature of rajas (passion)
- च एव
- and indeed
- तामसी
- of the nature of tamas (ignorance)
- च इति
- and thus
- ताम्
- that (faith)
- श्रृणु
- hear/listen
Commentary
2. Threefold is that faith born of the indivi- dual nature of the embodied) — Sattvic, Rajasic, arid Tamasic. Do thou hear of it
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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श्री भगवान् उवाच
त्रिविधा
भवति
श्रद्धा
देहिनाम्
सा
स्वभावजा
सात्त्विकी
राजसी
च एव
तामसी
च इति
ताम्
श्रृणु
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