deho 'yam panca-bhautikah
kalah-eternal time; karma-action; guna-modes of nature; adhinah-under the control of; dehah-material body and mind; ayam-this; panca-five; bhautikah-made of the five elements; katham-how; anyan-others; tu-but; gopayet-give protection; sarpa-grastah-one who is bitten by the snake; yatha-as much as; param-others.