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Bhagavad Gita 17.3

Chapter 17: Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga (The Three Kinds of Faith) · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग

सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत ।श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः ॥

sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata |śraddhāmayo'yaṃ puruṣo yo yacchraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ ||

Meaning of Gita 17.3 in English

Everyone's faith matches their inner nature. A person is made of their faith: whatever they truly believe in, that is what they become.

गीता 17.3 का हिंदी अर्थ

हर व्यक्ति की श्रद्धा उसके अंतःकरण के अनुसार होती है। मनुष्य श्रद्धा से बना है — जिसकी जैसी श्रद्धा होती है, वह वैसा ही बन जाता है।

faithbeliefs shape youidentitymindset

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.