Chapter 17 · Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga - The Yoga of the Division of Threefold FaithKrishna
Verse 2
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता अध्याय 17, श्लोक 2
Sanskrit Shloka (श्लोक)
त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा।
सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां शृणु॥
Transliteration
Trividha bhavati shraddha dehinam sa svabhava-ja
Sattviki rajasi chaiva tamasi che-ti tam shrinu
Word-by-Word Meaning (अन्वय)
त्रिविधाtrividhathreefold
भवतिbhavatiis
श्रद्धाshraddhafaith
देहिनाम्dehinamof the embodied
साsathat
स्वभावजाsvabhava-jaborn of one's nature
सात्त्विकीsattvikisattvic
राजसीrajasirajasic
तामसीtamasitamasic
शृणुshrinuhear
Hindi Translation (हिन्दी अर्थ)
श्रीभगवान् बोले — देहधारियों की श्रद्धा स्वभाव से उत्पन्न तीन प्रकार की होती है — सात्त्विकी, राजसी और तामसी। उसे सुनो।
English Translation
The Supreme Lord said: The faith of embodied beings is of three kinds, born of their innate nature — sattvic, rajasic, and tamasic. Hear about it.
Commentary (टीका)
Krishna responds by classifying faith itself into three categories based on the dominant guna. Faith is not uniform — it takes on the quality of one's inherent nature. This framework allows self-assessment without judging faith as simply present or absent.