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Bhagavad-gītā 18.42

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada


TEXT 42

Devanagari

शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च ।
ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम् ॥४२॥

Verse text

śamo damas tapaḥ śaucaṁ
kṣāntir ārjavam eva ca
jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ
brahma-karma svabhāva-jam

Synonyms

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.

Translation

Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, knowledge, wisdom and religiousness—these are the natural qualities by which the brāhmaṇas work.

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