🪷 ŚB 3.22.4

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

अतो ह्यन्योन्यमात्मानं ब्रह्म क्षत्रं च रक्षत: । रक्षति स्माव्ययो देव: स य: सदसदात्मक: ॥ ४ ॥

Transliteration

ato hy anyonyam ātmānaṁ brahma kṣatraṁ ca rakṣataḥ rakṣati smāvyayo devaḥ sa yaḥ sad-asad-ātmakaḥ
Synonyms
ataḥ — hence; hi — certainly; anyonyam — each other; ātmānam — the self; brahma — the brāhmaṇas; kṣatram — the kṣatriyas; ca — and; rakṣataḥ — protect; rakṣati sma — protects; avyayaḥ — immutable; devaḥ — the Lord; saḥ — He; yaḥ — who; sat-asat-ātmakaḥ — the form of the cause and effect.

Translation

That is why the brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas protect each other, as well as themselves; and the Lord Himself, who is both the cause and effect and is yet immutable, protects them through each other.

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