Chapter 17 · The Three Kinds of Faith

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks
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Text 17.3

सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्ध: स एव स:

sattvānurūpā sarvasya śhraddhā bhavati bhārata śhraddhā-mayo ‘yaṁ puruṣho yo yach-chhraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ

Recitation · Text 17.3
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (13 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Everyone's faith accords with their essential nature; a person is made of faith — whatever their faith is, that they are. The chapter's whole method rests on this line, and it is the reason none of what follows is trivial.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:A person is made of their faith — whatever it is, that they are.