BG 17.2
Krishna replied: Let me tell you of the types of faith in all embodied beings, born of their nature - pure faith, passionate faith, and ignorant faith.
सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां श्रृणु
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śhrī-bhagavān — Krishna
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śhrī — supreme
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bhagavān — God
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uvācha — said
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tri-vidhā — of three kinds
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tri — three
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vidhā — kinds
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bhavati — is
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śhraddhā — faith
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dehināṁ — embodied beings
Dehināṁ usually translates to "one who has accepted this material body". Dehī refers to any living being, especially a human being, and specifically refers to the physical body separate from the inner faculties (e.g. intellect, inner self). -
sā — which
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svabhāva-jā — born of innate nature
sva-bhāva-jā—born of one’s innate nature-
svabhāva
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jā
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sāttvikī — of the nature of purity
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rājasī — of the nature of passion
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chaiva — and certainly
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tāmasī — of the nature of ignorance
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cheti — and thus
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tāṁ — about this
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śhṛiṇu — hear
Krishna replied: Let me tell you of the types of faith in all embodied beings, born of their nature - pure faith, passionate faith, and ignorant faith. Every person's faith is in accordance with their inner nature. All people possess faith, and whatever their faith may be, that is what they become. The pure worship the gods, the passionate worship the powers of wealth and magic, while the ignorant worship ancestors and ghosts.
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