BG - 17.2

श्री भगवानुवाचत्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा।सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां श्रृणु।।17.2।।

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha tri-vidhā bhavati śhraddhā dehināṁ sā svabhāva-jā sāttvikī rājasī chaiva tāmasī cheti tāṁ śhṛiṇu

• śhrī-bhagavān uvācha - the Supreme Personality said
• tri-vidhā - of three kinds
• bhavati - is
• śhraddhā - faith
• dehinām - embodied beings
• sā - which
• sva-bhāva-jā - born of one’s innate nature
• sāttvikī - of the mode of goodness
• rājasī - of the mode of passion
• cha - and
• eva - certainly
• tāmasī - of the mode of ignorance
• cha - and
• iti - thus
• tām - about this
• śhṛiṇu - hear

Translation

The Blessed Lord said, "There are threefold faiths inherent in the nature of the embodied: the sattvic (pure), the rajasic (passionate), and the tamasic (dark). Hear of them."

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