The Blessed Lord (Śrī Bhagavān) said: Threefold is the faith (śraddhā) of the embodied ones, born of their own nature (svabhāva). Good (sāttvikī), passionate (rājasī), and dark (tāmasī); hear of it.
Listen as I explain the threefold nature of faith inherent in the embodied self— lucid, passionate, and darkly inert.
The Blessed Lord said: (2) Threefold is the faith of embodied [selves]; each [of the three] springs from [a man's] own nature, [The first is] of Goodness, [the second] of Passion, of Darkness [is the third]. Listen to this.
17.2 The Blessed Lord said -- That faith of the embodied beings, born of their own nature, is threefold-born of sattva, rajas and tamas. Hear about it.
17.2 The Lord said -- Threefold is the faith of embodied beings, born of their own nature, constituted of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. Listen now about it.
17.2 The Blessed Lord said -- Threefold is the faith of the embodied, which is inherent in their nature -- the Sattvic (pure), the Rajasic (passionate) and the Tamasic (dark). Do thou hear of it.