श्रीभगवानुवाच ।त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा ।सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां शृणु ॥
śrībhagavān uvāca |trividhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṃ sā svabhāvajā |sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṃ śṛṇu ||
- श्रीभगवान् · śrībhagavān
- the Blessed Lord
- उवाच · uvāca
- said
- त्रिविधा · trividhā
- threefold
- भवति · bhavati
- is, becomes
- श्रद्धा · śraddhā
- faith
- देहिनाम् · dehinām
- of the embodied
- स्वभावजा · svabhāvajā
- born of their nature
- सात्त्विकी · sāttvikī
- lucid, of sattva
- राजसी · rājasī
- passionate, of rajas
- तामसी · tāmasī
- dark, of tamas
- शृणु · śṛṇu
- hear
“The Blessed Lord said: The faith of the embodied is threefold, born of their own nature — lucid, passionate, and dark. Hear about it.”
— Original plain-language translation
Faith is not one thing: it takes the color of the heart that holds it. Svabhavaja — nature-born — means no one starts from nowhere; we inherit tendencies from past formation. The teaching is compassionate: understand your faith to refine it.
— Reader's notes (original)