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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.20
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 20
- avatāre ṣoḍaśame
- paśyan brahma-druho nṛpān
- triḥ-sapta-kṛtvaḥ kupito
- niḥ-kṣatrām akaron mahīm
avatārein the incarnation of the Lord — in the incarnation of the Lord; ṣoḍaśamethe sixteenth — the sixteenth; paśyanseeing — seeing; brahmadisobedient to the orders of the brāhmaṇas-druhaḥdisobedient to the orders of the brāhmaṇas — disobedient to the orders of the brāhmaṇas; nṛpānthe kingly order — the kingly order; triḥthrice seven times-saptathrice seven times — thrice seven times; kṛtvaḥhad done — had done; kupitaḥbeing engaged — being engaged; niḥnegation — negation; kṣatrāmthe administrative class — the administrative class; akarotdid perform — did perform; mahīmthe earth — the earth.
In the sixteenth incarnation of the Godhead, the Lord [as Bhṛgupati] annihilated the administrative class [kṣatriyas] twenty-one times, being angry with them because of their rebellion against the brāhmaṇas [the intelligent class].
The kṣatriyas, or the administrative class of men, are expected to rule the planet by the direction of the intelligent class of men, who give direction to the rulers in terms of the standard śāstras, or the books of revealed knowledge. The rulers carry on the administration according to that direction. Whenever there is disobedience on the part of the kṣatriyas, or the administrative class, against the orders of the learned and intelligent brāhmaṇas, the administrators are removed by force from the posts, and arrangement is made for better administration.