Ksatriyas are the arms of the universal form

Expressions researched:
"arm division is the ksatriya" |"arms, that is ksatriya" |"arms—ksatriya" |"ksatriya is the arm" |"ksatriya is the arms" |"ksatriya means this portion, arm" |"ksatriya the arms" |"ksatriya, the bahu, the arms"

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

The leg division is the śūdra, the belly division is the vaiśya, and the arm division is the kṣatriya, and the head division is the brāhmaṇa. So these divisions are now lost.

Lecture on BG 2.2-6 -- Ahmedabad, December 11, 1972:

Actually if we want to establish Vedic civilization, then we must follow strictly the principles of Vedas as it is described in the Bhagavad-gītā. And if it is practiced, then daiva-varṇāśrama-dharma. That is required. Daiva-varṇāśrama-dharma. There must be the four divisions. Just like we have got four divisions in our body: the head division, the arm division, the belly division, and the leg division. The leg division is the śūdra, the belly division is the vaiśya, and the arm division is the kṣatriya, and the head division is the brāhmaṇa. So these divisions are now lost. Actually, there is no kṣatriya, no brāhmaṇa. Maybe there are some vaiśyas and śūdras. So suppose if your whole body there is only belly and leg, then what is the body? If you have no head and no arm, then how it is? What kind of body it is? So therefore, in the social order of the present day, there is no brāhmaṇa, no kṣatriya. Only there are some few vaiśyas and śūdras. So therefore there is chaos all over the world.