Bhagavad Gita
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Chapter 17
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Verse 17.03
सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत। श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः ॥17.3॥
17.03 sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata śraddhāmayo ‘yaṃ puruṣo yo yacchraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

In accordance with the goodness (sattva) of everyone, faith (śraddhā) comes into being, O descendant of Bharata (Bhārata). This Person (puruṣa) is made of faith; whatever his faith is, that indeed he is.

Stoller MillerLiterary

The faith each man has, Arjuna, follows his degree of lucidity; a man consists of his faith, and as his faith is, so is he.

ZaehnerJesuit

(3) Faith is connatural to the soul of every man: man is instinct with faith: as is his faith, so too must he be.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

17.3 O scion of the Bhārata 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.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

17.3 The faith of everyone, O Arjuna, is in accordance with his internal organ (Antaḥkaraṇa). Man consists of faith. Whatever his faith is, that verily is he.

SivanandaVedanta

17.3 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.

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