17.3 सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत।श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः
sattv
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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
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Corresponding to one's own sattva, O descendant of Bharata, everybody has faith. The person predominantly consists of faith. Whatever one has faith in, that he becomes certainly.
The faith of every man conforms to his nature. By nature he is full of faith. He is in fact what his faith makes him.
The faith of everyone, O Arjuna, is in accordance with his internal organ (Antahkarana). Man consists of faith. Whatever his faith is, that verily is he.
O scion of the Bharata dynasty, the faith of all beings is in accordance with their minds. This person is made up of faith as the dominant factor. He is verily what his faith is.
The faith of each is in accordance with his nature, O Arjuna! The man consists of his faith; as a man’s faith is, so is he.
17.5 अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः।दम्भाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताः कामरागबलान्विताः
aśāstra
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aśhāstra-vihitam—not enjoined by the scriptures;ghoram—stern;tapyante—perform;ye—who;tapaḥ—austerities;janāḥ—people;dambha—hypocrisy;ahankāra—egotism;sanyuktāḥ—possessed of;kāma—desire;rāga—attachment;bala—force;anvitāḥ—impelled by
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Those men who practise terrible austerities not as enjoined in the scriptures, who are bound by hypocrisy and conceit, and are impelled by the force of passion for desired objects;
Those who practise austerities not commanded by scripture, who are slaves to hypocrisy and egotism, who are carried away by the fury of desire and passion,
Those men who practise terrible austerity not enjoined by the Sastras, given to ostentation and conceit, and prompted by the force of sensual desires and passion;
Those persons who, given to ostentation and pride, and possessed of passion, attachment and strength, undertake severe austerities not sanctioned in the scriptures;
Those men who practise terrific austerities not enjoined by the scriptures, given to hypocrisy and egoism, impelled by the force of lust and attachment,
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श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग
Chapter 17: Tell Apart the Three Kinds of Faith
śraddhātrayavibhāgayoga
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17.4 यजन्ते सात्त्विका देवान्यक्षरक्षांसि राजसाः।प्रेतान्भूतगणांश्चान्ये यजन्ते तामसा जनाः
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Word meanings
yajante—worship;sāttvikāḥ—those in the mode of goodness;devān—celestial gods;yakṣha—semi-celestial beings who exude power and wealth;rakṣhānsi—powerful beings who embody sensual enjoyment, revenge, and wrath;rājasāḥ—those in the mode of passion;pretān-bhūta-gaṇān—ghosts and spirits;cha—and;anye—others;yajante—worship;tāmasāḥ—those in the mode of ignorance;janāḥ—persons
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The men of the Sattva strand perform sacrifices intending for the gods; the men of the Rajas strand do so for the spirits and demons; and the men of the Tamas strand perform sacrifices intending for the imps, the dead, and the ghosts.
The Pure worship the true God; the Passionate, the powers of wealth and magic; the Ignorant, the spirits of the dead and of the lower orders of nature.
The Sattvika types worship the gods. The Rajasa types worship Yaksas and Raksasas. And the others, the Tamasa types, worship the departed ancestors and hosts of Bhutas.
Those having the sattva quality worship the gods; those having rajas, the demi-gods and ogres; and other people possessed of tamas worship ghosts and the hosts of spirits.
The Sattwic or pure men worship the gods; the Rajasic or the passionate worship the Yakshas and the Rakshasas; the others (the Tamasic or the deluded) worship the ghosts and the hosts of nature-spirits.
