Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 7, Verse 21

यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति। तस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम्।।7.21।।

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

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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
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Translation

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

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Commentary

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)

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