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BG 7.21 — 7.21 Whatsoever form any devotee desires to worship with faith that (same) faith of his I make firm and unflinching. | Live Gita
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यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति |
तस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम् ||७-२१||

yo yo yāṃ yāṃ tanuṃ bhaktaḥ śraddhayārcitumicchati . tasya tasyācalāṃ śraddhāṃ tāmeva vidadhāmyaham ||7-21||


।।7.21।। जो-जो (सकामी) भक्त जिस-जिस (देवता के) रूप को श्रद्धा से पूजना चाहता है, उस-उस (भक्त) की मैं उस ही देवता के प्रति श्रद्धा को स्थिर करता हूँ।।

Word-by-word meanings

7.21 यः who? यः who? याम् which? याम् which? तनुम् form? भक्तः devotee? श्रद्धया with faith? अर्चितुम् to worship? इच्छति desires? तस्य तस्य of him? अचलाम् unflinching? श्रद्धाम् faith? ताम् that? एव surely? विदधामि make? अहम् 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

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।7.21।।उन कामी पुरुषोंमेंसे जोजो सकाम भक्त जिसजिस देवताके स्वरूपका श्रद्धा और भक्तियुक्त होकर अर्चनपूजन करना चाहता है उसउस भक्तकी देवताविषयक उस श्रद्धाको मैं अचल स्थिर कर देता हूँ। अभिप्राय यह कि जो पुरुष पहले स्वभावसे ही प्रवृत्त हुआ जिस श्रद्धाद्वारा जिस देवताके स्वरूपका पूजन करना चाहता है (उस पुरुषकी उसी श्रद्धाको मैं स्थिर कर देता हूँ )।

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Swami Gambirananda

7.21 Whichever form (of a deity) any devotee wants to worship with faith, that very firm faith of his I strengthen.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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