ज्ञानं दयाच्युतात्मत्वं सत्यं च ब्रह्मलक्षणम् ॥२१॥
Å›amo damas tapaḥ Å›aucaá¹
santoá¹£aḥ ká¹£Äntir Ärjavam
jñÄnaá¹ dayÄcyutÄtmatvaá¹
satyaṠca brahma-lakṣaṇam
Å›amaḥ - control of the mind; damaḥ - control of the senses; tapaḥ - austerity and penance; Å›aucam - cleanliness; santoá¹£aḥ - satisfaction; ká¹£Äntiḥ - forgiveness (being unagitated by anger); Ärjavam - simplicity; jñÄnam - knowledge; dayÄ - mercy; acyuta-Ätmatvam - accepting oneself as an eternal servant of the Lord; satyam - truthfulness; ca - also; brahma-laká¹£aṇam - the symptoms of a brÄhmaṇa.
The symptoms of a brÄhmaṇa are control of the mind, control of the senses, austerity and penance, cleanliness, satisfaction, forgiveness, simplicity, knowledge, mercy, truthfulness, and complete surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
In the institution of varṇÄÅ›rama-dharma, the symptoms of a brÄhmaṇa, ká¹£atriya, vaiÅ›ya, śūdra, brahmacÄrÄ«, gá¹›hastha, vÄnaprastha, and sannyÄsÄ« are all described. The ultimate aim is acyutÄtmatvam — to think always of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, or Viṣṇu. To make advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one has to become a brÄhmaṇa, with the above-mentioned symptoms.
