Bhagavad Gita · 17.2
॥
Devanāgarī
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा ।
सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां शृणु ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
śrī-bhagavān uvāca |
tri-vidhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṁ sā svabhāva-jā |
sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṁ śṛṇu ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
श्रीभगवान् उवाचśrī-bhagavān uvācaThe Blessed Lord said.
त्रिविधाtri-vidhāof three kinds.
भवतिbhavatiis, becomes.
श्रद्धाśraddhāfaith.
देहिनाम्dehināmof the embodied.
सा स्वभावजाsā svabhāva-jāit (sā) is born (jā) of their own nature (svabhāva).
सात्त्विकीsāttvikīin the guṇa of goodness.
राजसी च एवrājasī ca evaand also in the guṇa of passion.
तामसी च इतिtāmasī ca itiand in the guṇa of ignorance.
ताम् शृणुtām śṛṇuhear about it (tām).
Translation
The Blessed Lord said: “The faith of embodied souls is of three kinds, according to their nature: in the guṇa of goodness, in the guṇa of passion, and in the guṇa of ignorance. Now hear about it.”
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