Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 32


Sanskrit:

द‍ृष्ट्वा स्वसैन्यं रुधिरौघकर्दमेरणाजिरे रामकुठारसायकै: ।विवृक्णवर्मध्वजचापविग्रहंनिपातितं हैहय आपतद् रुषा ॥ ३२ ॥

ITRANS:

dṛṣṭvā sva-sainyaṁ rudhiraugha-kardameraṇājire rāma-kuṭhāra-sāyakaiḥvivṛkṇa-varma-dhvaja-cāpa-vigrahaṁnipātitaṁ haihaya āpatad ruṣā

Translation:

By manipulating his axe and arrows, Lord Paraśurāma cut to pieces the shields, flags, bows and bodies of Kārtavīryārjuna’s soldiers, who fell on the battlefield, muddying the ground with their blood. Seeing these reverses, Kārtavīryārjuna, infuriated, rushed to the battlefield.

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