Bhagavad Gita 17.3 Meaning: Sattvanurupa sarvasya shraddha

Bhagavad Gita 17.3

सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत ।श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः ॥

Sattvanurupa sarvasya shraddha bhavati bharataShraddhamayoyam purusho yo yachchhraddhah sa eva sah

sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata |śraddhāmayo’yaṃ puruṣo yo yacchraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ ||

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Our explanation Krishna says that everyone's faith takes the shape of his sattva, his inner nature, Bharata. A person is made of faith (śraddhā-maya): whatever his faith is, that is what he is. The schools explain the word sattva here (see the views).

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि हे भारत, हर व्यक्ति की श्रद्धा उसके सत्त्व, यानी उसके भीतर के स्वभाव, के अनुरूप होती है। मनुष्य श्रद्धामय है: जिसकी जैसी श्रद्धा है, वह वैसा ही है। यहाँ “सत्त्व” शब्द को परंपराएँ अलग ढंग से समझाती हैं।

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सत्त्वानुरूपा sattvānurūpā · in keeping with one's nature (sattva) (compound (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: sattvānurūpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1135, col. 3 “according to nature, acc° to one's innate disposition”
सर्वस्य sarvasya · of everyone (pronoun (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”
श्रद्धा śraddhā · faith (noun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: śraddhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1095, col. 3 “faith, trust, confidence, trustfulness, faithfulness, belief in”
भवति bhavati · is (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. bhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 760, col. 2 “to become, be”
भारत bhārata · O Bharata (Arjuna) (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: bhārata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 753, col. 1 “a descendant of Bharata”
श्रद्धामयः śraddhāmayaḥ · made of faith (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: śraddhā-maya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1095, col. 3 “full of faith, believing”
अयम् ayam · this (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here, referring to something near the speaker”
पुरुषः puruṣaḥ · person (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: puruṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 637, col. 1 “the personal and animating principle in men and other beings, the soul or spirit”
यः yaḥ · who (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
यच्छ्रद्धः yacchraddhaḥ · whatever his faith (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”; śraddhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1095, col. 3 “faith, trust, confidence, trustfulness, faithfulness, belief in”
सः saḥ · he (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
एव eva · just (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
सः saḥ · that (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”

The hearts of gods are said to be good, those of Yakshas &c. passionate, those of men mixed, and so forth. ↩

Faith is the dominant principle in man, and he is good, passionate, or dark, as his faith is. ↩

The hearts of gods are said to be good, those of Yakshas &c. passionate, those of men mixed, and so forth. ↩

Faith is the dominant principle in man, and he is good, passionate, or dark, as his faith is. ↩

That is, the man's faith shows what is the man's character. ↩

Bhagavad Gita 17.3: meaning and translation

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