अतो ह्यन्योन्यमात्मानं ब्रह्म क्षत्रं च रक्षत: । रक्षति स्माव्ययो देव: स य: सदसदात्मक: ॥ ४ ॥
ato hy anyonyam atmanam brahma ksatram ca raksatah raksati smavyayo devah sa yah sad-asad-atmakah
- atah
- hence
- hi
- certainly
- anyonyam
- each other
- atmanam
- the self
- brahma
- the brahmanas
- ksatram
- the ksatriyas
- ca
- and
- raksatah
- protect
- raksati sma
- protects
- avyayah
- immutable
- devah
- the Lord
- sah
- He
- yah
- who
- sat-asat-atmakah
- the form of the cause and effect.
That is why the brahmanas and ksatriyas 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.