Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 7, Verse 21
यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति । तस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम्
yo yo yāṃ yāṃ tanuṃ bhaktaḥ śraddhayārcitumicchati | tasya tasyācalāṃ śraddhāṃ tāmeva vidadhāmyaham
Translation
Whatever devotee seeks to worship with faith what form soever, that same faith of his I make unflinching.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- yaḥ
- who
- yaḥ
- who
- yām
- which
- yām
- which
- tanum
- shape
- bhaktaḥ
- devotee
- śraddhayā
- with faith
- arcitum
- to worship
- icchati
- wishes
- tasya
- of him
- tasya
- of him
- acalām
- steady
- śraddhām
- faith
- tām
- that
- eva
- even
- vidadhāmi
- make
- aham
- I
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Whatever form of God (Devatā) a man of desire worships in devotion and faith, I confirm his faith in the worship of that same form.