BG 17.3
सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत ।
श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः ॥
श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः ॥
sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata
śraddhā-mayo ’yaṁ puruṣo yo yac-chraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ
śraddhā-mayo ’yaṁ puruṣo yo yac-chraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ
Word-for-word meanings
bhārata — O descendant of Bharata; sarvasya — everyone’s; śraddhā — faith; bhavati — is; sattva-anurūpā — according to their individual psychological make-up; ayam — this; puruṣaḥ — empirical self; śraddhā-mayaḥ — [is in fact] a by-product of faith [śraddhā-vikāra]; yaḥ — [therefore] one who [demonstrates]; yat-śraddhaḥ — whatever faith; saḥ — he; saḥ eva — [is] exactly of that faith.
Translation
O descendant of Bharata, everyone’s faith is according to their individual psychological make-up. The empirical self is in fact a by-product of faith. Therefore, whatever faith a person demonstrates is exactly the faith with which he is endowed.