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śraddhāvān , a staunchly faithful person, and he is actually a candidate for further advancement in devotional service. Therefore in the  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  ( Madhya  22.64) it is said:
«Sraddhāvān jana haya bhakti-adhikārī »
‘uttama’, ‘madhyama’, ‘kanistha’ — śraddhā-anusārī
“One becomes qualified as a devotee on the elementary platform, the intermediate platform and the highest platform of devotional service according to the development of his  śraddhā  [faith].” Again in  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  ( Madhya  22.62) it is said:
‘śraddhā’-śabde—viśvāsa kahe sudrḍha niścaya kṛṣṇe bhakti kaile sarva-karma kṛta haya
“By rendering transcendental service to Krṣṇa, one automatically performs all subsidiary activities.” This confident, firm faith, favorable to the discharge of devotional service, is called  śraddhā .”  Śraddhā , faith in Krṣṇa, is the beginning of Krṣṇa consciousness. Faith means strong faith. The words of  Bhagavad-gītā  are authoritative instructions for faithful men, and whatever Krṣṇa says in  Bhagavad-gītā  is to be accepted as it is, without interpretation. This was the way Arjuna accepted  Bhagavad-gītā . After hearing  Bhagavad-gītā , Arjuna told Krṣṇa:  sarvam etad ṛtaṁ manye yan māṁ vadasi keśava . “O Krṣṇa, I totally accept as truth all that You have told me.” (Bg. 10.14)
This is the correct way of understanding  Bhagavad-gītā , and this is called  śraddhā . It is not that one accepts a portion