Bg. 18.42

Devanāgarī

शमो दमस्तप: शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च । ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम् ॥ ४२ ॥

Synonyms

śamaḥ—peacefulness;damaḥ—self-control;tapaḥ—austerity;śaucam—purity;kṣāntiḥ—tolerance;ārjavam—honesty;eva—certainly;ca—and;jñānam—knowledge;vijñānam—wisdom;āstikyam—religiousness;brahma—of abrāhmaṇa;karma—duty;svabhāva-jam—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.

Purport