Chapter 7, Verse 21
Part of 7: Jñāna Vijñāna Yog — ज्ञानविज्ञानयोगयो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति। तस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम्॥
Transliteration
yo yo yāṁ yāṁ tanuṁ bhaktaḥ śhraddhayārchitum ichchhati tasya tasyāchalāṁ śhraddhāṁ tām eva vidadhāmyaham
Meaning
Whatever form any devotee desires to worship with faith, I make that same faith of his firm and unflinching.
Word-by-word meaning
yaḥ yaḥ — whoeveryām yām — whichevertanum — formbhaktaḥ — devoteeśhraddhayā — with faitharchitum — to worshipichchhati — desirestasya tasya — to himachalām — steadyśhraddhām — faithtām — in thateva — certainlyvidadhāmi — bestowaham — I
Commentary
Tanu or body is used here in the sense of a Devata (god). The Lord, the indweller of all beings, makes the faith of that devotee who worships the lesser divinities, which is born of the Samskaras of his previous birth, steady and unswerving. (Cf. IV.11IX.22and23)
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What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7, Verse 21?▼
Whatever form any devotee desires to worship with faith, I make that same faith of his firm and unflinching.
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This is verse 21 of Chapter 7 (Jñāna Vijñāna Yog — Self-Knowledge and Enlightenment) of the Bhagavad Gita, a scripture of 18 chapters and 700 verses spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna.