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Bhagavad Gita 7.21

यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति। तस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम्।।

yo yo yāṁ yāṁ tanuṁ bhaktaḥ śhraddhayārchitum ichchhati tasya tasyāchalāṁ śhraddhāṁ tām eva vidadhāmyaham

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
yaḥ yaḥyaḥ yaḥwhoever
yām yāmyām yāmwhichever
tanumtanumform
bhaktaḥbhaktaḥdevotee
śhraddhayāśhraddhayāwith faith
architumarchitumto worship
ichchhatiichchhatidesires
tasya tasyatasya tasyato him
achalāmachalāmsteady
śhraddhāmśhraddhāmfaith
tāmtāmin that
evaevacertainly
vidadhāmividadhāmibestow
ahamahamI

Whatever form any devotee desires to worship with faith, I make that same faith of his firm and unflinching.

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।।