Text 15] Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation
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ceased to care for the laws enacted by the brāhmaṇas, Paraśurāma killed them. Although their offense was not very severe, he killed them to lessen the burden of the world.
PURPORT
The  kṣatriyas , or the ruling class, must govern the world in accordance with the rules and regulations enacted by great  brāhmaṇas  and saintly persons. As soon as the ruling class becomes irresponsible in regard to the religious principles, it becomes a burden on the earth. As stated here,  rajas-tamo-vṛtaṁ ,  bhāram abrahmaṇyam : when the ruling class is influenced by the lower modes of nature, namely ignorance and passion, it becomes a burden to the world and must then be annihilated by superior power. We actually see from modern history that monarchies have been abolished by various revolutions, but unfortunately the monarchies have been abolished to establish the supremacy of third-class and fourth-class men. Although monarchies overpowered by the modes of passion and ignorance have been abolished in the world, the inhabitants of the world are still unhappy, for although the qualities of the former monarchs were degraded by taints of ignorance, these monarchs have been replaced by men of the mercantile and worker classes whose qualities are even more degraded. When the government is actually guided by  brāhmaṇas , or God conscious men, then there can be real happiness for the people. Therefore in previous times, when the ruling class was degraded to the modes of passion and ignorance, the  brāhmaṇas , headed by such a  kṣatriya -spirited  brāhmaṇa  as Paraśurāma, killed them twenty-one consecutive times.
In Kali-yuga, as stated in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (12.2.13),  dasyu-prāyeṣu rājasu : the ruling class ( rājanya ) will be no better than plunderers ( dasyus ) because the third-class and fourth-class men will monopolize the affairs of the government. Ignoring the religious principles and brahminical rules and regulations, they will certainly try to plunder the riches of the citizens without consideration. As stated elsewhere in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (12.1.40):
asaṁskṛtāḥ kriyā-hīnā rajasā tamasāvṛtāḥ