Adhyāya 17 • Shloka 2

श्रीभगवानुवाच | त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा | सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां शृणु || २ ||

śrī-bhagavān uvāca | tri-vidhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṁ sā svabhāva-jā | sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṁ śṛṇu || 2 ||

"The Supreme Lord said: According to the modes of nature acquired by the embodied soul, one's faith can be of three kinds—in goodness, in passion or in ignorance. Now hear about these."