यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति | तस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम् ||७-२१||
yo yo yāṃ yāṃ tanuṃ bhaktaḥ śraddhayārcitumicchati . tasya tasyācalāṃ śraddhāṃ tāmeva vidadhāmyaham ||7-21||
Chapter 7 · Verse 21
Jnana Vijnana Yoga
ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग
In plain words
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.
Translation
7.21 Whichever devotee seeks to worship with faith whatever form, I make that very faith steadfast.
Meaning
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)
Word by word
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.