(etāni)–All these; (bhavati)–are; svabhāva-jam–the natural; brahma-karma–duties of the brāhmaṇs: śamaḥ–internal sense-control; damaḥ–external sense-control; tapaḥ–austerity; śaucham–external and internal purity; kṣāntiḥ–forbearance; ārjavam eva cha– straightforwardness; jñānam–scriptural knowledge; vijñānam–realisation of essential truth; āstikyam–theistic mentality or firm faith in the teachings of the scriptures. [42]

Internal and external sense-control, austerity, purity, forbearance, straightforwardness, knowledge, realisation, and theistic mentality—these are the natural duties of the brāhmaṇs.