Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.22.3
SB 3.22.3
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tat-trāṇāyāsṛjac cāsmān doḥ-sahasrāt sahasra-pāt hṛdayaṁ tasya hi brahma kṣatram aṅgaṁ pracakṣate
Translation
For the protection of the brāhmaṇas, the thousand-legged Supreme Being created us, the kṣatriyas, from His thousand arms. Hence the brāhmaṇas are said to be His heart and the kṣatriyas His arms.