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

143 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: CC(3) , LBG(31) , LCC(5) , LSB(62) , SB(3) , TLKS(39)

 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.


Text

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

Purport