Chapter 7, Verse 21
Gyaan Vigyana Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
yaḥ yaḥ—whoever; yām yām—whichever; tanum—form; bhaktaḥ—devotee; śhraddhayā—with faith; architum—to worship; ichchhati—desires; tasya tasya—to him; achalām—steady; śhraddhām—faith; tām—in that; eva—certainly; vidadhāmi—bestow; aham—I
English translation
Whatever form any devotee desires to worship with faith, I make that same faith of his firm and unflinching.
— Swami Sivananda
Listen to Shloka 7.21
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)
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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