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Bhagavad Gīta Bhāshya and Tātparya

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श्रीभगवानुवाच

śrībhagavānuvāca

[श्री (śrī) - auspicious; भगवान् (bhagavān) - Lord; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]

Auspicious Lord said:

त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा। सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां शृृणु ॥२॥

trividhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṃ sā svabhāvajā। sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṃ śṛṇu ॥2॥

[त्रिविधा (trividhā) - threefold; भवति (bhavati) - is; श्रद्धा (śraddhā) - faith; देहिनाम् (dehinām) - of the embodied; सा (sā) - that; स्वभावजा (svabhāvajā) - born of innate nature; सात्त्विकी (sāttvikī) - pure; राजसी (rājasī) - passionate; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तामसी (tāmasī) - ignorant; च (ca) - and; इति (iti) - thus; ताम् (tām) - that; शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear;]

Threefold is the faith of the embodied, born of their innate nature — sāttvik i.e. goodness, rājasīk i.e. passionate, and tāmasik i.e. ignorant. Hear of it.

बहुचित्रजगद्बहुधाकरणात् परशक्तिरनन्तगुणः परमः ।
सुखरूपममुष्य पदं परमं स्मरतस्तु भविष्यति तत्सततम् ॥
"The one who has created this variegated vast universe with varied forms has infinite power and is of infinite auspicious qualities. He certainly bestows the highest state of bliss to those who meditate on his ever happy essence." -Dwādasha stōtra 4.3

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