śauryaṁ vīryaṁ dhṛtis tejas
tyāgaś cātmajayaḥ kṣamā
brahmaṇyatā prasādaś ca
satyaṁ ca kṣatra-lakṣaṇam
śauryam - power in battle; vīryam - being unconquerable; dhṛtiḥ - patience (even in reverses, a kṣatriya is very grave); tejaḥ - ability to defeat others; tyāgaḥ - giving charity; ca - and; ātma-jayaḥ - not being overwhelmed by bodily necessities; kṣamā - forgiveness; brahmaṇyatā - faithfulness to the brahminical principles; prasādaḥ - jolliness in any condition of life; ca - and; satyam ca - and truthfulness; kṣatra-lakṣaṇam - these are the symptoms of a kṣatriya.