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Bhagavad-gītā 18.42
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 42
- शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च ।
- ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम् ॥४२॥
- śamo damas tapaḥ śaucaṁ
- kṣāntir ārjavam eva ca
- jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ
- brahma-karma svabhāva-jam
śamaḥpeacefulness — peacefulness; damaḥself-control — self-control; tapaḥausterity — austerity; śaucampurity — purity; kṣāntiḥtolerance — tolerance; ārjavamhonesty — honesty; evacertainly — certainly; caand — and; jñānamknowledge — knowledge; vijñānamwisdom — wisdom; āstikyamreligiousness — religiousness; brahmaof a brāhmaṇa — of a brāhmaṇa; karmaduty — duty; svabhāvaborn of his own nature-jamborn of his own nature — born of his own nature.
Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, knowledge, wisdom and religiousness—these are the natural qualities by which the brāhmaṇas work.