अवतारे षोडशमे पश्यन्ब्रह्मद्रुहो नृपान् ।
त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः कुपितो निःक्षत्रामकरोन्महीम् ॥ २० ॥
pasyan brahma-druho nrpan
avatare-in the incarnation of the Lord; sodasame-sixteenth; pasyan-seeing; brahma-druhah-disobedient to the orders of the brahmanas; nrpan-the kingly order; trih-sapta-thrice seven times; krtvah-had done; kupitah-being engaged; nih-negation; ksatram-the administrative class; akarot-did perform; mahim-the earth.
As Bhrgupati, the sixteenth incarnation of the Godhead, the Lord annihilated the administrative class [ksatriyas] twenty-one times, being angry with them because of their rebellion against the brahmanas [the intelligent class].
The ksatriyas 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 sastras 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 ksatriyas or the administrative class against the orders of the learned and intelligent brahmanas, the administrators are removed by force from the posts, and arrangement is made for better administration.