Verse
श्रीभगवानुवाच:त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा ।सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां शृणु ॥
śrībhagavānuvāca:trividhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṃ sā svabhāvajāsāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṃ śṛṇu
The Blessed Lord said: The faith in embodied beings is of a triple kind like all things in Nature and varies according to the dominating quality of their nature, sattwa, rajas or tamas. Hear thou of these.
Gītā 17·2