Ksatriya means

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"ksatriya means"

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Kṣatriya means... Kṣat. Kṣat means injury. And tra means trāyate, saves.

Lecture on BG 1.28-29 -- London, July 22, 1973: So as the doctors, medical men, surgeons are trained up to operate their knife on the dead body to see where are the nerves, similarly, kṣatriyas are also allowed for being trained how to kill. Kṣatriya means... Kṣat. Kṣat means injury. And tra means trāyate, saves. A kṣatriya has to save the citizens from being injured by others. He is called kṣatriya.