Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 7: Knowledge and Realization

Bhagavad Gita 7.21

yo yo yāṃ yāṃ tanuṃ bhaktaḥ śraddhayārcitumicchati | tasya tasyācalāṃ śraddhāṃ tāmeva vidadhāmyaham ||

Whatever form a devotee wishes to worship with faith, I make that very faith of theirs unshakable.

Modern context

This is an astonishingly tolerant verse. Whatever form a person chooses to worship with faith, Krishna says, I make their faith in that form steady. He does not demand that everyone worship him by name. He strengthens sincere faith wherever it is found. Faith itself, the reaching toward something higher, is honoured, whatever shape it takes. The verse leaves little room for scorn toward the faith of others.