Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 510

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-17 Śraddhā-traya-vibhāga Yogaḥ

sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata | śraddhāmayo’yaṃ puruṣo yo yacchraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ || 3 || 3. The conviction of each person, O Arjuna, is in accordance with one's character. A person consists of conviction, and whatever one's conviction is, that verily one is. Commentary The meaning is that one's efforts are directed towards projects that reflect the predominant state of one's mind. The term 'character' (sattvānurūpa) used here includes the body, senses and other things already mentioned. A person consists of conviction, — in other words one is the product of one's conviction; that verily one is; — one becomes an embodiment of that particular kind of conviction. The purport is this:— the attainment of results is mainly dependant on one's convictions, if one has conviction in doing an act of virtue, one will obtain the fruit of such actions.