Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 17/Verse 2

श्रीभगवानुवाच

त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा ।


सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां शृणु ॥१७- २॥

śrībhagavānuvāca

trividhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṃ sā svabhāvajā ।

sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṃ śṛṇu ॥17- 2॥

The Blessed Lord said: The faith of the embodied is of three kinds that is born of one's natural disposition: sattvic, rajasic, and tamasic. This you must hear. 


śrībhagavān (masculine, nominative, singular) = the Blessed Lord

uvāca (past tense, 3rd person, singular) = said 

trividhā (feminine, nominative, sngular) = of three kinds 

bhavati (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = is 

śraddhā (feminine, nominative, singular) = faith  

dehinām (masculine, genitive, plural) = of the embodied 

sā (feminine, nominative, singular) = that 

svabhāvajā (feminine, nominative, singular) = born of one's natural disposition 


sāttvikī (feminine, nominative, singular) = sattvic 

rājasī (feminine, nominative, singular) = rajasic 

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and 

eva (adverb) (indeclinable) = indeed

tāmasī (feminine, nominative, singular) = tamasic 

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and 

iti (punctuation) (indeclinable)  = (close quotes)

tām (feminine, accusative, singular) = this 

śṛṇu (imperative, 2nd person, singular) = you must hear