एवं प्रजाभिर्दुष्टाभिराकीर्णे क्षितिमण्डले । ब्रह्मविट्क्षत्रशूद्राणां यो बली भविता नृप: ॥ ७ ॥
evaṁ prajābhir duṣṭābhir ākīrṇe kṣiti-maṇḍale brahma-viṭ-kṣatra-śūdrāṇāṁ yo balī bhavitā nṛpaḥ
- evam
- in this way
- prajābhiḥ
- with populace
- duṣṭābhiḥ
- corrupted
- ākīrṇe
- being crowded
- kṣiti-maṇḍale
- the earth globe
- brahma
- among the brāhmaṇas
- viṭ
- vaiśyas
- kṣatra
- kṣatriyas
- śūdrāṇām
- and śūdras
- yaḥ
- whoever
- balī
- the strongest
- bhavitā
- he will become
- nṛpaḥ
- the king
As the earth thus becomes crowded with a corrupt population, whoever among any of the social classes shows himself to be the strongest will gain political power.