Bhagavad Gita 18.42
शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च। ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम्।।18.42।।
śamo damastapaḥ śaucaṃ kṣāntirārjavameva ca. jñānaṃ vijñānamāstikyaṃ brahmakarma svabhāvajam.।18.42.।
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- शमः
- tranquility (control of the mind)
- दमः
- self-restraint (control of the senses)
- तपः
- austerity
- शौचम्
- purity
- क्षान्तिः
- forbearance/patience
- आर्जवम्
- uprightness/straightforwardness
- एव च
- indeed, and
- ज्ञानम्
- knowledge (theoretical)
- विज्ञानम्
- wisdom (realized/practical knowledge)
- आस्तिक्यम्
- faith/belief in scripture and the divine
- ब्रह्म-कर्म
- the duty of a Brahmin
- स्वभावजम्
- born of one's own nature
Commentary
42. Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, and also uprightness, knowledge, wisdom, faith, — these are the duties of the Brah- ma^as, born of nature.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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