If vile Brahmanas dissatisfied with the duties of their own order but versed in the use of weapons, did not fight, then the Kshatriya a order would not have become reduced in numerical strength.
यदि नाम न युध्येरशिक्षिता ब्रह्मबन्धवः। स्वकर्मभिरसंतुष्टा न स्म क्षत्रं क्षयं व्रजेत्॥