धृता तनूरुशती मे पुराणी येनेह सत्त्वं परमं पवित्रम् । शमो दम: सत्यमनुग्रहश्च तपस्तितिक्षानुभवश्च यत्र ॥ २४ ॥
dhrta tanur usati me purani yeneha sattvam paramam pavitram samo damah satyam anugrahas ca tapas titiksanubhavas ca yatra
- dhrta
- maintained by transcendental education
- tanuh
- body
- usati
- free from material contamination
- me
- My
- purani
- eternal
- yena
- by whom
- iha
- in this material world
- sattvam
- the mode of goodness
- paramam
- supreme
- pavitram
- purified
- samah
- control of the mind
- damah
- control of the senses
- satyam
- truthfulness
- anugrahah
- mercy
- ca
- and
- tapah
- austerity
- titiksa
- tolerance
- anubhavah
- realization of God and the living entity
- ca
- and
- yatra
- wherein
The Vedas are My eternal transcendental sound incarnation. Therefore the Vedas are sabda-brahma. In this world, the brahmanas thoroughly study all the Vedas, and because they assimilate the Vedic conclusions, they are also to be considered the Vedas personified. The brahmanas are situated in the supreme transcendental mode of nature—sattva-guna. Because of this, they are fixed in mind control (sama), sense control (dama), and truthfulness (satya). They describe the Vedas in their original sense, and out of mercy (anugraha) they preach the purpose of the Vedas to all conditioned souls. They practice penance (tapasya) and tolerance (titiksa), and they realize the position of the living entity and the Supreme Lord (anubhava). These are the eight qualifications of the brahmanas. Therefore among all living entities, no one is superior to the brahmanas.