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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
worship is to a different god, the Lord would see that his wish was fulfilled. However in verse 23 the Lord has clarified that the fruit which such a person obtains is perishable and not permament. This means that faith does bring some fruit and that the point raised by Arjuna was quite appropriate.
The Lord solves this doubt with rare psychological insight. Actually the fundamental question is what is meant by the word “Faith"? Faith of a person is a absolutely subjective in character, which is mainly shaped by the character, which the person concerned possesses. Therefore the Lord explained that there are three types of persons namely, Satvika, Rajasika and Tamasika, and hence their faith is also of these three types. The whole discussion, which thereafer follows is on the same lines.
Verses 5 and 6 refer to austerities and what they prescribe is the futility of even severe auterities if they are performed through motives
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