Bhagavad Gita · 17.3
॥
Devanāgarī
सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत ।
श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata |
śraddhā-mayo 'yaṁ puruṣo yo yac-chraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सत्त्वानुरूपाsattva-anurūpāin accordance (anurūpā) with the nature (sattva) [of consciousness].
सर्वस्यsarvasyaof everyone.
श्रद्धाśraddhāfaith.
भवतिbhavatiis, becomes.
भारतbhārataO Bhārata!
श्रद्धामयःśraddhā-mayaḥmade of faith.
अयम् पुरुषःayam puruṣaḥthis living being.
यः यत्-श्रद्धःyaḥ yat-śraddhaḥwhatever (yat) his faith (śraddhaḥ) is.
सः एव सःsaḥ eva saḥsuch (saḥ) indeed (eva) is he himself (saḥ).
Translation
“O Bhārata, the faith of every being accords with its nature. Indeed, a living being is made of its faith: as is its faith, so is that being itself.”
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