Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness and also uprightness, knowledge, realisation, belief-in-God — are the duties of the BRAHMANAS, born of (their own) nature.

samaḥ = peacefulness; damaḥ = self-control; tapaḥ = austerity; śaucaṃ = purity; kṣāntiḥ = tolerance; ārjavaṃ = honesty; eva = certainly; ca = and; jñānaṃ = knowledge; vijñānaṃ = wisdom; āstikyaṃ = religiousness; brahma = of a brahmana; karma = duty; svabhāvajaṃ = born of his own nature.;