Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 7.21
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 7.21 · 7 · Verse 21
Sanskrit Original
।।7.21।। यः यः कामी यां यां देवतातनुं श्रद्धया संयुक्तः भक्तश्च सन् अर्चितुं पूजयितुम् इच्छति तस्य तस्य कामिनः अचलां स्थिरां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधामि स्थिरीकरोमि।।ययैव पूर्वं प्रवृत्तः स्वभावतो यः यां देवतातनुं श्रद्धया अर्चितुम् इच्छति
7.21 Yam yam, whichever; tanum, form of a deity; yah, any covetous person- among these people with desires; who, being endowed sraddhaya, with faith; and being a bhaktah, devotee; icchati, wants; arcitum, to worship; tam eva, that very; acalam, firm, steady; sraddham, faith; tasya, of his, of that particular covetous person-that very faith with which he desires to worship whatever form of a deity, in which (worship) he was earlier engaged under the impulsion of his own nature-; [Ast. takes the portion 'svabhavatah yo yam devata-tanum sraddhaya arcitum icchati' with the next verse.-Tr.] vidadhami, I strengthen.