{
  "book_title": "Bhagavad-gītā As It Is",
  "chapter": 18,
  "verse": 42,
  "reference": "Bg 18.42",
  "devanagari": "शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिर् आर्जवम् एव च\nज्ञानं विज्ञानम् आस्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम्",
  "transliteration": "śamo damas tapaḥ śaucaṁ\nkṣāntir ārjavam eva ca\njñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ\nbrahma-karma svabhāva-jam",
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "śamaḥ",
      "meanings": [
        "peacefulness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "damaḥ",
      "meanings": [
        "self-control"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "tapaḥ",
      "meanings": [
        "austerity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "śaucam",
      "meanings": [
        "purity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "kṣāntiḥ",
      "meanings": [
        "tolerance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "ārjavam",
      "meanings": [
        "honesty"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "eva",
      "meanings": [
        "certainly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "ca",
      "meanings": [
        "and"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "jñānam",
      "meanings": [
        "wisdom"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "vijñānam",
      "meanings": [
        "knowledge"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "āstikyam",
      "meanings": [
        "religiousness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "brahma",
      "meanings": [
        "of a brāhmaṇa"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "karma",
      "meanings": [
        "duty"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "svabhāva-jam",
      "meanings": [
        "born of his own nature."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translation": "<b>Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness—these are the qualities by which the brāhmaṇas work.</b>",
  "purport": []
}