अवतारे षोडशमे पश्यन् ब्रह्मद्रुहो नृपान् । त्रि:सप्तकृत्व: कुपितो नि:क्षत्रामकरोन्महीम् ॥ २० ॥
avatare sodasame pasyan brahma-druho nrpan trih-sapta-krtvah kupito nih-ksatram akaron mahim
- avatare
- in the incarnation of the Lord
- sodasame
- the 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.
In the sixteenth incarnation of the Godhead, the Lord (as Bhrgupati) annihilated the administrative class (ksatriyas) twenty-one times, being angry with them because of their rebellion against the brahmanas (the intelligent class).