Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 17.3
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 17.3 · 17 · Verse 3
Sanskrit Original
।।17.3।। --,सत्त्वानुरूपा विशिष्टसंस्कारोपेतान्तःकरणानुरूपा सर्वस्य प्राणिजातस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत। यदि एवं ततः किं स्यादिति? उच्यते -- श्रद्धामयः अयं श्रद्धाप्रायः पुरुषः संसारी जीवः। कथम् यः यच्छ्रद्धः या श्रद्धा यस्य जीवस्य सः यच्छ्रद्धः स एव तच्छ्रद्धानुरूप एव सः जीवः।।ततश्च कार्येण लिङ्गेन देवादिपूजया सत्त्वादिनिष्ठा अनुमेया इत्याह --,
17.3 O scion of the Bharata dynasty, the sraddha, faith; sarvasya, of all beings; bhavati, is; sattva-anurupa, in accordance with their minds, in accordance with the internal organ which is imbued with particular impression. If this is so, what follows? The answer is: Ayam, this; purusah, person, the transmigrating soul; is sraddhamayah, made up of faith as the dominating factor. How? Sah, he, the individual soul; is eva, verily; sah, that; yah yat-sraddhah,which is the faith of that individual-he surely conforms to his faith. And, as a conseence, a person's steadfastness in sattva etc. is to be inferred from the grounds of his actions such as worship of gods etc. Hence the Lord says: