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ශ්රීමද්භගවද්ගීතා 18.42 — ශමෝ දමස්තපඃ ශෞචම්

Bhagavad Gita 18.42 — Shamo Damas Tapah Shaucham in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 11× repetitions·🕐 Morning self-reflection and during study or worship·📜 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 42

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Origin & Story

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 42 · Bhagavan Sri Krishna (as recorded by Maharishi Veda Vyasa) · Ancient (part of the Mahabharata, c. 5th–2nd century BCE in present form)

Chapter 18, the Yoga of Liberation through Renunciation, gathers and crowns the teachings of the entire Gita. Here Krishna explains how each person's duties arise from their own innate qualities (svabhava), and lists the sattvic virtues expressed through brahmana-natured work. The passage affirms that serenity, knowledge and faith are the noblest expressions of human nature.

✦ As told in scripture

Sages teach that the serene, self-controlled and faith-filled qualities of this verse mark the soul ripening toward liberation; cultivating them, they say, naturally draws the seeker to the supreme knowledge and surrender taught at the close of the Gita.

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The Mantra

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ශමෝ දමස්තපඃ ශෞචං ක්ෂාන්තිරාර්ජවමේව ච.ජ්ඤානං විජ්ඤානමාස්තික්යං බ්රහ්මකර්ම ස්වභාවජම්..

śhamo damas tapaḥ śhauchaṁ kṣhāntir ārjavam eva cha jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ brahma-karma svabhāva-jam

Meaning:Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, and uprightness, as well as knowledge, realization, and belief in God, are the duties of Brahmanas, born of their own nature.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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ශමඃ🔊śhamaḥtranquility, serenity of mind

දමඃ🔊damaḥrestraint of the senses

තපඃ🔊tapaḥausterity

ශෞචම්🔊śhauchampurity

ක්ෂාන්තිඃ🔊kṣhāntiḥpatience, forgiveness

ආර්ජවම්🔊ārjavamintegrity, uprightness

ඒව ච🔊eva chacertainly and

ජ්ඤානම්🔊jñānamknowledge

විජ්ඤානම්🔊vijñānamwisdom, realization

ආස්තික්යම්🔊āstikyamfaith, belief in God and the hereafter

බ්රහ්මකර්ම🔊brahma-karmathe work/duty of a Brahmana

ස්වභාවජම්🔊svabhāva-jamborn of one’s own intrinsic nature

Benefits of Chanting Bhagavad Gita 18.42 — Shamo Damas Tapah Shaucham

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Names the highest sattvic virtues — serenity, restraint, austerity and purity

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Cultivates forgiveness, uprightness, knowledge and faith (astikya)

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Describes the inner qualities of a spiritually inclined nature

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Encourages tranquility of mind (shama) and sense-control (dama)

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Unites moral character with knowledge and realization (jnana-vijnana)

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A daily aspiration for refining one's svabhava (intrinsic nature)

How to Chant Bhagavad Gita 18.42 — Shamo Damas Tapah Shaucham

Repetitions11times

Best TimeMorning self-reflection and during study or worship

Recite the verse and reflect on each quality — calmness, self-restraint, austerity, purity, patience, integrity, knowledge, realization, faith. These flow from a refined, sattvic nature (svabhava). Resolve to nurture them in your own conduct, letting the chant orient your character toward serenity, wisdom and devotion.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Bhagavad Gita 18.42 — Shamo Damas Tapah Shaucham written in the Sinhala script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

It describes the qualities that constitute the natural work (svabhava-ja karma) of a brahmana nature: serenity (shama), self-restraint (dama), austerity (tapas), purity, forgiveness, uprightness, knowledge, realization and faith in God (astikya).

Shama is tranquility or control of the mind from within, while dama is restraint of the external senses. Together they form the disciplined inner and outer foundation of a spiritual character.

Astikya is faith — belief in God, in the scriptures, and in the reality of the hereafter and the eternal Self. Krishna lists it among the natural virtues of a refined, sattvic nature.

While framed in terms of svabhava-ja (qualities born of one's nature), the virtues it lists are universally exalted. Spiritual teachers read it as a description of the ideal sattvic character that every seeker may cultivate.

Bhagavad Gita 18.46 — Yatah Pravrittir Bhutanamश्रीमद्भगवद्गीता १८.४६ — यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानाम्Bhagavad Gita 18.13 — Panchaitani Maha-bahoश्रीमद्भगवद्गीता १८.१३ — पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो Bhagavad Gita 13.8 — Amanitvam Adambhitvam Ahimsaश्रीमद्भगवद्गीता 13.8 — अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा Bhagavad Gita 16.3 — Tejah Kshama Dhritih Shauchamश्रीमद्भगवद्गीता 16.3 — तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचम्Bhagavad Gita 2.56 — Duhkheshv-anudvigna-manahश्रीमद्भगवद्गीता 2.56 — दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः Bhagavad Gita 16.21 — Tri-vidham Narakasyedam Dvaramश्रीमद्भगवद्गीता 16.21 — त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारम्Sarva Dharman Parityajya (Bhagavad Gita 18.66)सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य

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