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; aṅgam-arms; pracaksate-are spoken of.