### Bg 18.42

> शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च ।\
> ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम् ॥४२॥

> śamo damas tapaḥ śaucaṁ\
> kṣāntir ārjavam eva ca\
> jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ\
> brahma-karma svabhāva-jam

*śamaḥ*—peacefulness; *damaḥ*—self-control; *tapaḥ*—austerity; *śaucam*—purity; *kṣāntiḥ*—tolerance; *ārjavam*—honesty; *eva*—certainly; *ca*—and; *jñānam*—wisdom; *vijñānam*—knowledge; *āstikyam*—religiousness; *brahma*—of a *brāhmaṇa*; *karma*—duty; *svabhāva-jam*—born of his own nature.

**Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness—these are the qualities by which the brāhmaṇas work.**