श्रीभगवानुवाच | त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा | सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां शृणु ||१७-२||
śrībhagavānuvāca . trividhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṃ sā svabhāvajā . sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṃ śṛṇu ||17-2||
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
- tri-vidhā
- of three kinds
- bhavati
- becomes
- śraddhā
- the faith
- dehinām
- of the embodied
- sā
- that
- sva-bhāva-jā
- according to his mode of material nature
- sāttvikī
- in the mode of goodness
- rājasī
- in the mode of passion
- ca
- also
- eva
- certainly
- tāmasī
- in the mode of ignorance
- ca
- and
- iti
- thus
- tām
- that
- śṛṇu
- hear from Me
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: According to the modes of nature acquired by the embodied soul, one’s faith can be of three kinds – in goodness, in passion or in ignorance. Now hear about this.