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Chapter 18: Conclusion-The Perfection of Renunciation

Bg 18.42
TEXT 42
samo damas tapah saucam
ksantir arjavam eva ca
jnanam vijnanam astikyam
brahma-karma svabhava-jam
SYNONYMS
çamaù—peacefulness; damaù—self-control; tapaù—austerity; çaucam—purity; kñäntiù—tolerance; ärjavam—honesty; eva—certainly; ca—and; jïänam—wisdom; vijïänam—knowledge; ästikyam—religiousness; brahma—of a brähmaëa; karma—duty; svabhäva-jam—born of his own nature.
TRANSLATION
Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness-these are the qualities by which the brähmaëas work.

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