🪷 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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ŚB 3.22.4requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 3.22parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 3parent skandha chapter index/bhagavatammaster index for 12 skandhas, 335 chapters, and 13,003 reading pagesŚB 1.1.1satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi · the Bhāgavatam source meditationŚB 1.2.6supreme dharma as ahaitukī and apratihatā bhaktiŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Krishna-pramāṇa source sealŚB 10.10.29Dāmodara/Yamala-arjuna · Krishna as supreme original PersonŚB 10.10.30-31Krishna as Kāla · Viṣṇu · Paramātmā · AntaryāmīŚB 10.10.38speech, hearing, body, mind, head, and sight offered in Krishna-sevāŚB 10.10.39Gokuleśvara bound by love, smilingŚB 10.10.40Nārada correction as anugrahaŚB 10.10.41sādhu-darśana removes bondage-darknessŚB 12.2.18Kalki witness at ŚambhalaŚB 12.3.51Kali-yuga blessing through Krishna-kīrtanaSkandha 10 līlā index20-anchor Krishna-līlā source-walk inside the Bhāgavatam master pageBG 7.7mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat · no source higher than KrishnaBG 10.8ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna as source of allBG 15.15Krishna seated in every heart and the target of all Veda/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Bhāgavata prema as the Bindu made rasa/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

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