17.3
सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत ।
श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः ॥
sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata
śraddhāmayo 'yam puruṣo yo yacchraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ
śrībhagavān (श्रीभगवान्) is still speaking. No new uvāca (उवाच).
The verse
The faith of every person is shaped to the being he is, Bhārata (भारत), and this person is made of faith, so that whoever has which faith, he is that.
नेपालीमा
हरेक मानिसको श्रद्धा ऊ जस्तो भावको छ त्यसैअनुसार बन्छ, हे भारत, र यो पुरुष श्रद्धाले बनेको छ, त्यसैले जसको जुन श्रद्धा, ऊ त्यही हो।
Where it sits
17.2 said the faith is born of one's own nature. This verse says the person and the faith are the same shape. The question in 17.1, which strand, is answered by looking at the faith he already has. What he worships, in the next verse, will show it.
Split: सत्त्व-अनुरूपा + सर्वस्य + श्रद्धा + भवति + भारत + श्रद्धा-मयः + अयम् + पुरुषः + यः + यत्-श्रद्धः + सः + एव + सः
sattva-anurūpā + sarvasya + śraddhā + bhavati + bhārata + śraddhā-mayaḥ + ayam + puruṣaḥ + yaḥ + yat-śraddhaḥ + saḥ + eva + saḥ
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| सत्त्व-अनुरूपा | sattva-anurūpā | nominative singular feminine | shaped to one's sattva (सत्त्व), to the being one is. anu-rūpa (अनु-रूप) "following the form." |
| सर्वस्य | sarvasya | genitive singular | of every person. |
| श्रद्धा | śraddhā | nominative singular | faith. |
| भवति | bhavati | present, 3rd singular | is. |
| भारत | bhārata | vocative | Bhārata (भारत). Arjuna (अर्जुन), of the line of Bharata (भरत). |
| श्रद्धा-मयः | śraddhā-mayaḥ | nominative singular | made of faith. The suffix --maya (मय) is "consisting of." |
| अयम् | ayam | nominative singular masculine | this. |
| पुरुषः | puruṣaḥ | nominative singular | the person. |
| यः | yaḥ | nominative singular | who. |
| यत्-श्रद्धः | yat-śraddhaḥ | nominative singular | of whichever faith. A bahuvrīhi: yat (यत्) "which," śraddhā (श्रद्धा) "faith." |
| सः | saḥ | nominative singular | he. |
| एव | eva | indeclinable | indeed. |
| सः | saḥ | nominative singular | that. The faith he has. He is that. |
The phrases
sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati (सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति) says how the three kinds of 17.2 get onto a person. The faith of every one is shaped to the being he is. sattva (सत्त्व) here is that being, the same word as the clear strand, and the next verse will use all three strands. The shape follows the person.
śraddhāmayaḥ ayam puruṣaḥ (श्रद्धामयः अयम् पुरुषः) is the person, said over again as a thing made of faith. The man is not standing beside his faith. He is made of it.
yaḥ yat-śraddhaḥ saḥ eva saḥ (यः यत्-श्रद्धः सः एव सः) is the rule. Who has which faith, he is that. The second saḥ (सः) is the faith, not a second man.
Sanskrit in this line
श्रद्धामयः + अयम् śraddhāmayaḥ + ayam is recited śraddhāmayo 'yam (श्रद्धामयोऽयम्). aḥ (अः) before short a (अ) becomes o (ओ), and the a (अ) of ayam (अयम्) drops. The ऽ marks that dropped a (अ). The period in a romanized line is the same mark, śraddhāmayo 'yam (श्रद्धामयोऽयम्). The split still begins the second word with a (अ).
Say it back
The person made of faith, then the rule with two saḥ (सः). If the second saḥ (सः) is another man, the line has not closed. He is the faith he has.