Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana
Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases
रक्ष इत्येष धातुर्यः पालने स विभाव्यते / उक्तवांश्चैष यस्मात्तु रक्षेमां मातरं स्वकाम्
rakṣa ityeṣa dhāturyaḥ pālane sa vibhāvyate / uktavāṃścaiṣa yasmāttu rakṣemāṃ mātaraṃ svakām
The root “rakṣ” is understood in the sense of guarding and protecting. For he had said, “I shall protect my beloved mother.”