शौर्यं वीर्यं धृतिस्तेजस्त्यागश्चात्मजय: क्षमा । ब्रह्मण्यता प्रसादश्च सत्यं च क्षत्रलक्षणम् ॥ २२ ॥
sauryam viryam dhrtis tejas tyagas catmajayah ksama brahmanyata prasadas ca satyam ca ksatra-laksanam
- sauryam
- power in battle
- viryam
- being unconquerable
- dhrtih
- patience (even in reverses, a ksatriya is very grave)
- tejah
- ability to defeat others
- tyagah
- giving charity
- ca
- and
- atma-jayah
- not being overwhelmed by bodily necessities
- ksama
- forgiveness
- brahmanyata
- faithfulness to the brahminical principles
- prasadah
- jolliness in any condition of life
- ca
- and
- satyam ca
- and truthfulness
- ksatra-laksanam
- these are the symptoms of a ksatriya.
To be influential in battle, unconquerable, patient, challenging and charitable, to control the bodily necessities, to be forgiving, to be attached to the brahminical nature and to be always jolly and truthful—these are the symptoms of the ksatriya.