Word meanings
- yaḥ yaḥ
- whoever
- yām yām
- whichever
- tanum
- form
- bhaktaḥ
- devotee
- śraddhayā
- with faith
- arcitum
- to worship
- icchati
- desires
- tasya tasya
- to him
- acalām
- steady
- śraddhām
- faith
- tām
- in that
- eva
- certainly
- vidadhāmi
- bestow
- aham
- I
Translations
Whatever form any devotee desires to worship with faith, I make that same faith of his firm and unflinching.
But whatever form of worship, if the devotee has faith, then I set My own seal upon their faith in that worship.
Whichever form of a deity any devotee wants to worship with faith, I strengthen that very firm faith of theirs.
जो-जो भक्त जिस-जिस देवताका श्रद्धापूर्वक पूजन करना चाहता है, उस-उस देवताके प्रति मैं उसकी श्रद्धाको दृढ़ कर देता हूँ।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)