Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 17, verse 3
A short, powerful idea: a person is made of faith, and becomes whatever they have faith in.
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सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत ।श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः ॥
sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata |śraddhāmayo'yaṃ puruṣo yo yacchraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ ||
Everyone's faith matches their inner nature, O Bharata. A person is made of faith: whatever one's faith is, that is what one is.
हे भारत, हर व्यक्ति की श्रद्धा उसके अंतःकरण के अनुसार होती है। मनुष्य श्रद्धामय है: जिसकी जैसी श्रद्धा है, वह वैसा ही है।
हे भारता, प्रत्येकाची श्रद्धा त्याच्या अंतःकरणानुसार असते. माणूस श्रद्धामय आहे: ज्याची जशी श्रद्धा, तसाच तो असतो.
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सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत ।श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः ॥
त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा ।
Shri Krishna says: The faith of embodied beings, born of their own nature, is of three kinds: sattvic, rajasic and tamasic. Hear about it.
17.4यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः ।
Sattvic people worship the gods; rajasic people worship yakshas and rakshasas, powerful spirits and demons; and the tamasic worship ghosts and hosts of spirits.
The Yoga of the Threefold Division of Faith
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