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> 侍は一旦護ると決めたものは死んでも護る

The Samurai even if he die, he protect what he decided to protect.

護ると決めたもの = Something that was decided to protect.

How do you guys understand this phrase ?
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grammar particle-と
Interpretation of a phrase
All actions in the sentence are done by the samurai. The following is
unnaturally verbose and possibly not grammatical but if we try to imagine it
like this:

侍は一旦(侍が)護ると(侍が)決めたものは(侍が)死んでも(侍が)護る

very literally:

Samurai, once {(samurai will protect...)<-[if samurai decided]} something,
even if (samurai) dies, (samurai) will protect.

Or, more naturally:

> Once samurai decided to protect something, he'll protect it even if he dies.
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