Though they understood the disturbance to the population by people mutually looting wealth and killing, and understood that almost the whole population without a King had become thieves, devoid of sense control, the kṣatriyas, capable of preventing this, though seeing it happen, did not stop those who were looting others when the King had died. The order of the sentence is as follows. Understanding the disturbance to the population by looters of wealth and killers, and understanding that almost the whole population had become thieves, persons capable of preventing this, even seeing it happen, the kṣatriyas, protecting only themselves, and being indifferent, thinking “Why should we protect others?” did not stop those who were looting others.