शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिराजेवमेव च ।
ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम् ॥ ४२ ॥
ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम् ॥ ४२ ॥
śamo damastapaḥ śaucaṃ kṣāntirājevameva ca .
jñānaṃ vijñānamāstikyaṃ brahmakarma svabhāvajam .. 42 ..
Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, and also uprightness, knowledge, wisdom, faith,—these are the duties of the Brāhmaṇas, born of nature.
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‘Serenity’ and ‘self-restraint’ have already been explained (xvi. 1, 2). Austerity: physical austerity, and so on, mentioned above (xvii, 14, 15. 16). Purity: already explained. Faith: in the teaching of the scriptures. Born of nature: this means the same here as in the latter portion of xviii. 41.