Chapter XVII · Śloka 2
Śrī Kṛṣṇa uvāca
श्रीभगवानुवाच |
त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा |
सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां शृणु ||
त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा |
सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां शृणु ||
śrī-bhagavān uvāca |
tri-vidhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṃ sā svabhāva-jā |
sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṃ śṛṇu ||
tri-vidhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṃ sā svabhāva-jā |
sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṃ śṛṇu ||
The Blessed Lord said: The faith of embodied beings, born of their own nature, is of three kinds — sāttvika, rājasika, and tāmasika. Hear now about these.
Faith is not uniform. It takes the color of the inner nature that holds it. One's śraddhā is a mirror of one's guṇa-composition — and by examining what one truly worships, one can see clearly what one truly is.