Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17 Verse 3
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 17 श्लोक 3

सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत।
श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः।।17.3।।



हिंदी अनुवाद - स्वामी रामसुख दास जी ( भगवद् गीता 17.3)
।।17.3।।हे भारत सभी मनुष्योंकी श्रद्धा अन्तःकरणके अनुरूप होती है। यह मनुष्य श्रद्धामय है। इसलिये जो जैसी श्रद्धावाला है? वही उसका स्वरूप है अर्थात् वही उसकी निष्ठा -- स्थिति है।


Rudra Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary


The nature of sraddha or faith is essentially the  quality  of  sattva  guna
the mode of goodness. This is confirmed in  Srimad  Bhagavatam  XI.IXX.XXXIV
beginning saucam japas tapo homah sraddhatithyam where it  states:  Internal
and  external  cleanliness,  chanting  of   Lord   Krishnas   holy   names,
propitiation to the Supreme Lord and faith. All these are all  qualities  of
sattva or goodness Therefore the question  may  arise  how  can  sraddha  be
considered threefold. Considering this point  Lord  Krishna  clarifies  that
the faith of a person is influenced  by  the  gunas  or  modes  of  material
nature that one is situated in and  it  is  this  threefold  influence  that
causes gradations in sraddha. Thus the faith of one  either  intelligent  or
ignorant is determined according to the quality of their consciousness.  All
jivas or embodied beings exist verily as what there faith  is.  The  worldly
person has faith in their possessions, the spiritual  person  has  faith  in
their religion, the strong man has faith in his power, the  beautiful  woman
has faith in her beauty, etc. One is endowed with faith in the present  life
that is the residue of the faith one had in previous lives.  One who  had  a
preponderance of sattva guna or raja guna or tama  guna  in  their  previous
life will find themselves similarly endowed  with  attraction  to  the  same
preponderance in this life. The three divisions of  faith  applies  only  to
the influence  of  the  gunas  which  exist  in  every  aspect  of  material
existence for those situated in raja guna and tama guna  only  as  they  are
engaged in transitory,  mundane  activities  pertaining  to  the  perishable
physical body. But in regard to those who  adhere  to  the  injunctions  and
ordinances of the Vedic scriptures and who are endowed  with  discriminative
knowledge resulting from study of the Vedic  scriptures  as  taught  by  the
spiritual master they are exclusively situated in sattva guna naturally.


Brahma Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary





Consciousness is verily determined by faith. Hence the very nature of  faith
is indicative by the  manner  and  way  in  which  they  worship.  The  word
sattvanurupa means according to the mentality  and  characteristics  arising
from ones faith which manifests from one of the three  gunas  or  modes  of
material nature.


Shri Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary

The word sattvanurupa means according to  the  mental  characteristics.  The
qualities  of  the  mind  saturate  every  jiva  or   embodied   being   and
correspondingly determines the of faith  they  are  endowed  with.  Whatever
state the mind exists in, faith naturally arises from that very state.  This
also implies the desires of the body and the attraction of the  senses.  The
word sraddhamayo means inundated with  one  of  the  three  types  of  faith
situated from either sattva guna the mode of goodness, raja  guna  the  mode
of passion or tama guna the mode of ignorance. In  whatever  mode  of  faith
one is united with into that mode of faith one is  transformed.  If  such  a
jiva is imbued with faith  for  performing  spiritual  activities  one  will
achieve spiritual results. Contrarily if one  is  attracted  with  faith  to
perform demoniac activities  one  will  achieve  demoniac  results  both  in
accordance with their faith.


Kumara Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary
The word sattvanurupa means according to  the  mental  characteristics.  The
qualities  of  the  mind  saturate  every  jiva  or   embodied   being   and
correspondingly determines the of faith  they  are  endowed  with.  Whatever
state the mind exists in, faith naturally arises from that very state.  This
also implies the desires of the body and the attraction of the  senses.  The
word sraddhamayo means inundated with  one  of  the  three  types  of  faith
situated from either sattva guna the mode of goodness, raja  guna  the  mode
of passion or tama guna the mode of ignorance. In  whatever  mode  of  faith
one is united with into that mode of faith one is  transformed.  If  such  a
jiva is imbued with faith  for  performing  spiritual  activities  one  will
achieve spiritual results. Contrarily if one  is  attracted  with  faith  to
perform demoniac activities  one  will  achieve  demoniac  results  both  in
accordance with their faith.