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TEXT 42
śamo damas tapaḥ śaucaṁ
kṣāntir ārjavam eva ca
jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ
brahma-karma svabhāva-jam
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 a brāhmaṇa; karma – duty; svabhāva-jam – 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.