Chapter 17, Verse 3
सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत। श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः।।17.3।।
sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata. śraddhāmayo'yaṃ puruṣo yo yacchraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ.17.3.
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- सत्त्व-अनुरूपा
- corresponding to the nature (sattva, guna disposition)
- सर्वस्य
- of everyone / of all (people)
- श्रद्धा
- faith
- भवति
- becomes / is
- भारत
- O descendant of Bharata (Arjuna)
- श्रद्धामयः
- consisting of faith / made up of faith
- अयम्
- this
- पुरुषः
- person / man
- यः
- who
- यत्-श्रद्धः
- whose faith is of a certain kind (as his faith is)
- सः
- he
- एव
- indeed / verily
- सः
- that (is what he is)
Commentary
3 The faith of each is in accordance with his nature, O Bharata. The man is made up of his faith ; as a man's faith is, so is he.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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सत्त्व-अनुरूपा
सर्वस्य
श्रद्धा
भवति
भारत
श्रद्धामयः
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यः
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सः
एव
सः
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