Shloka 3

Devanagari script

सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत | श्रद्धामयो<यं पुरुषो यो यच्छुद्ध: स एव सः

Transliteration

sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata | śraddhāmayo 'yaṃ puruṣo yo yac-chraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ ||

Translation

โอ้ภารตะ! ศรัทธาของแต่ละคนเป็นไปตามสภาวะภายในของตน มนุษย์นี้แท้จริงเป็นผู้ประกอบด้วยศรัทธา; ผู้ใดมีศรัทธาเช่นไร ผู้นั้นย่อมเป็นเช่นนั้น

Word by Word

• सत्त्वानुरूपा: in accordance with (one's) nature/being
• सत्त्वानुरूपा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्त्वानुरूप
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वस्य: of everyone
• सर्वस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• श्रद्धा: faith
• श्रद्धा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भवति: is/comes to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• भारत: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• श्रद्धामयः: consisting of faith
• श्रद्धामयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धामय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषः: person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रद्धः: endowed with faith / of such faith
• श्रद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सः: he (is)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Bhārata (address)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Faith is not merely an opinion but a formative inner force shaped by one’s disposition; because a person is ‘made of faith,’ the quality and object of one’s faith directly molds one’s character and destiny.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Bhīṣma Parva’s Bhagavadgītā dialogue on the battlefield, Arjuna speaks to Kṛṣṇa, articulating a principle about how individual faith aligns with inner nature and determines what a person becomes.