avatāre ṣoḍaśame paśyan brahma-druho nṛpān triḥ-sapta-kṛtvaḥ kupito niḥkṣatrām akaron mahīm
Synonyms
avatāre—in the incarnation of the Lord; ṣoḍaśame—sixteenth; paśyan—seeing; brahma-druhaḥ—disobidient to the orders of the Brahmins; nṛpān—The kingly order; triḥ-sapta—thrice seventimes; kṛtvaḥ—had done; kupitaḥ—being enraged. Nih—negation; niḥ—the administrative class; kṣatrām—did perform; akarot—the earth.
Translation
In the sixteenth order of the incarnation of Godhead (Bhrigupati) the Lord for twenty one times made completely negation of the administrative class of men being angry on them on account of their rebellion against the order of the Brahmins (the intelligent class of men).
Purport
The Kshatriyas or the administrative class of men are expected to rule the planet by the direction of the intelligent class of men. The Brahmins being the intelligent class of men they give direction to the rulers interms of the standard shatras or the books of revealed knowledge and rulers carry on the administration according to that direction. Whenever there is disobedience on the part of the Kashatriyas or the administrative class on the orders of the learned and intelligent Brahmins, the administraters are removed by force from the posts and arrangement is made for better administration.