Amanitvam Adambhitvam

A long and powerful list of the qualities of true knowledge begins here and runs all the way through to verse 12. First come: not craving respect, not putting on a show, not causing harm to any being, the ability to forgive, and the quality of being straightforward.

Then: service to one's teacher, keeping body and mind clean, staying firm in purpose, and keeping the senses under control. These qualities are the roots of knowledge. A tree without roots falls at the first storm. Knowledge without these qualities has nothing to stand on.

The Bhagavad Gita does not treat knowledge as mere information. Knowledge is a way of living. That is why Krishna lists practical qualities here rather than abstract ideas.

In the Gita Press edition, this is the eighth shloka. This verse and the next four (13.9 through 13.12) together list more than twenty marks of knowledge.