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 brahmanas work.