BG 17.2
श्रीभगवानुवाच
त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा ।
सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां शृणु ॥
त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा ।
सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां शृणु ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
tri-vidhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṁ sā svabhāva-jā
sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṁ śṛṇu
tri-vidhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṁ sā svabhāva-jā
sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṁ śṛṇu
Word-for-word meanings
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — Śrī Bhagavān replied; śraddhā — the faith; dehinām — of embodied beings; bhavati — is; tri-vidhā — of three types; iti — namely; sāttvikī — sāttvika; ca eva — and; rājasī — rājasika; ca — and; tāmasī — tāmasika; sā — such faith; sva-bhāva-jā — is born of one’s previously acquired nature; śṛṇu — [now] hear; tām — about this.
Translation
Śrī Bhagavān replied: The faith of embodied beings is of three types, namely, sāttvika, rājasika, and tāmasika. Such faith is born of one’s previously acquired nature. Now hear about this.