1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 17 - Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 2

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1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 17 - Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 2

Sri Bhagavan Uvacha

Trividha bhavati shraddha dehinam sa svabhavaja I

Sattviki rajasi cha eva tamasi cha iti tam shrunu II sloka 2

श्री भगवान उवाच 

त्रिविध भवति श्रद्धा देहिनाम् स स्वभावजा I 

सात्त्विकी राजसि च एव तमसि च इति तं शृणु II श्लोक 2

The Blessed Lord said

The shraddha of the embodied  is of three kinds, born of their nature - the sattvika, the rajasika, and the tamasika. Hear now about it.

The doings of the jivatman get embedded in his mind as impressions which do not perish along with the death of the gross body. They are latent in the mind stuff to remanisfest themselves as tendencies in the next birth. The continuity of his disposition is kept up in this way. By observing his inclinations and doings from birth onwards, the gunas predominant in him can be detected. The intrinsic make up of a jivatman reveals itself in the manner described next.