Chapter 11
शौर्यं वीर्यं धृतिस्तेजस्त्यागश्चात्मजय: क्षमा । ब्रह्मण्यता प्रसादश्च सत्यं च क्षत्रलक्षणम् ॥ २२ ॥
Transliteration
śauryaṁ vīryaṁ dhṛtis tejas tyāgaś cātmajayaḥ kṣamā brahmaṇyatā prasādaś ca satyaṁ ca kṣatra-lakṣaṇam
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
śauryam — power in battle; vīryam — being unconquerable; dhṛtiḥ — patience (even in reverses, a kṣatriya is very grave); tejaḥ — ability to defeat others; tyāgaḥ — giving charity; ca — and; ātma-jayaḥ — not being overwhelmed by bodily necessities; kṣamā — forgiveness; brahmaṇyatā — faithfulness to the brahminical principles; prasādaḥ — jolliness in any condition of life; ca — and; satyam ca — and truthfulness; kṣatra-lakṣaṇam — these are the symptoms of a kṣatriya..
Translation
“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 kṣatriya.”