Text 21] Krsna Is the Source of All Incarnations 157
TRANSLATION

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].

PURPORT

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 direc-
tion. 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.

TEXT 21

Ta: AAA AM: ATA TANT |
FR ITA: AAT THT GaSe TTT: 12211

tatah saptadase jatah
satyavatyam parasarat
cakre veda-taroh sakha
drstvad pumso 'lpa-medhasah

tatah—thereafter; saptadase—in the seventeenth incarnation; jatah—
advented; satyavatyam—in the womb of Satyavati; parasarat—by Parasara
Muni; cakre—prepared; veda-taroh—of the desire tree of the Vedas; sakhah
—branches; drstua—be seeing; pumsah—the people in general; alpa-
medhasah-—less intelligent.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, in the seventeenth incarnation of Godhead, Sri Vyasadeva
appeared in the womb of Satyavati, wife of Parasara Muni, and he divided
the one Veda into several branches and sub-branches, seeing that the
people in general were less intelligent.
