{"chapter_id":17,"chapter_number":17,"chapter_title":"Sraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga","id":597,"verse_number":2,"verse_order":597,"text":"श्री भगवानुवाचत्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा।सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां श्रृणु।।17.2।।","transliteration":"śhrī-bhagavān uvācha\ntri-vidhā bhavati śhraddhā dehināṁ sā svabhāva-jā\nsāttvikī rājasī chaiva tāmasī cheti tāṁ śhṛiṇu\n","word_meanings":{"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","iti":"thus","tām":"about this","śhṛiṇu":"hear"},"translation":"The Supreme Lord said: The faith of embodied beings is of three kinds, born of their innate nature: sattvic, rajasic, and tamasic. Hear of this.","simple_meaning":"Everyone possesses faith, but it is conditioned into goodness, passion, or ignorance based on their acquired nature.","commentary":"Krishna reveals that faith is not uniform; an individual's subconscious impressions (samskaras) shape their core beliefs and the quality of their devotion.","theme":"The threefold division of innate faith","life_application":"Examine your underlying motives to elevate your beliefs and actions from passion and ignorance into pure goodness."}