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Kṛṣṇa Is the Source of All Incarnations
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TRANSLATION
As Bhṛgupati, the sixteenth incarnation of the Godhead, the Lord annihilated the administrative class [kṣatriyas] twenty-one times, being angry with them because of their rebellion against the brāhmaṇas [the intelligent class].
PURPORT
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.
TEXT 21
ततः सप्तदशे जातः सत्यवत्यां पराशरात् । चक्रे वेदतरोः शाखा दृष्ट्वा पुंसोऽल्पमेधसः ॥२१॥
tataḥ saptadaśe jātaḥ satyavatyām parāśarāt cakre veda-taroḥ śākhā dṛṣṭvā puṁso lpa-medhasaḥ
tataḥ —thereafter;  saptadaśe —in the seventeenth incarnation;  jātaḥ —advented;  satyavatyām —in the womb of Satyavatī;  parāśarāt —by Parāśara Muni;  cakre —prepared;  veda-taroḥ —of the desire tree of the  Vedas ;  śākhāḥ —branches;  dṛṣṭvā —be seeing;  puṁsaḥ —the people in general;  alpa-medhasaḥ —less intelligent.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, in the seventeenth incarnation of Godhead, Śrī Vyāsadeva appeared in the womb of Satyavatī, wife of Parāśara Muni, and he divided the one  Veda  into several branches and sub-branches, seeing that the people in general were less intelligent.