तत्त्राणायासृजच्चास्मान् दो:सहस्रात्सहस्रपात् । हृदयं तस्य हि ब्रह्म क्षत्रमङ्गं प्रचक्षते ॥ ३ ॥
tat-tranayasrjac casman doh-sahasrat sahasra-pat hrdayam tasya hi brahma ksatram angam pracaksate
- tat-tranaya
- for the protection of the brahmanas
- asrjat
- created
- ca
- and
- asman
- us (ksatriyas)
- doh-sahasrat
- from His thousand arms
- sahasra-pat
- the thousand-legged Supreme Being (the universal form)
- hrdayam
- heart
- tasya
- His
- hi
- for
- brahma
- brahmanas
- ksatram
- the ksatriyas
- angam
- arms
- pracaksate
- are spoken of.
For the protection of the brahmanas, the thousand-legged Supreme Being created us, the ksatriyas, from His thousand arms. Hence the brahmanas are said to be His heart and the ksatriyas His arms.