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Chapter 17 · Verse 3 · Sraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 17.3

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Sanskrit

सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत।श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः।।17.3।।

Transliteration

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

Word by Word

sattva-anurūpā conforming to the nature of one’s mind
sarvasya all
śhraddhā faith
bhavati is
bhārata Arjun, the scion of Bharat
śhraddhāmayaḥ possessing faith
ayam that
puruṣhaḥ human being
yaḥ who
yat-śhraddhaḥ whatever the nature of their faith
saḥ their
eva verily
saḥ they
Simplified Perspective

Your faith is the mirror of your nature, Arjuna. The Divine does not impose belief from outside—it reveals itself through the lens of your own consciousness.

As you believe, so you become; your convictions sculpt your reality like a sculptor shapes clay. In this modern age of competing ideologies and borrowed beliefs, the Gita calls you to examine: whose faith are you actually living, and does it spring from your deepest truth?

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Bhagavad Gita 17.3 — BG 17.3

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