स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस् तस्याराधनमीहते ।लभते च ततः कामान् मयैव विहितान्हितान् ॥
sa tayā śraddhayā yuktas tasyārādhanamīhatelabhate ca tataḥ kāmān mayaiva vihitānhitān
He endowed with that faith worships that form; and when by the force of that faith in his cult and worship he gets his desires, it is I myself who (in that form) give these fruits.
Gītā 7·22These forms are after all a certain kind of manifestation through which the imperfect human intelligence can touch him, these desires are first means by which our souls turn towards him: nor is any devotion worthless or ineffective, whatever its limitations. It has the one grand necessity, faith. “Whatever form of me any devotee with faith desires to worship, I make that faith of his firm and undeviating.” By the force of that faith in his cult and worship he gets his desire and the spiritual realisation for which he is at the moment fitted.
