साऽब्रवीद्धन्यतामेतद्धैहयाधिपतेर्बलम् विनाशयितुमारब्धं शितैः शस्त्रैर्निरर्गलम्
She said, 'This is the fortune: the strength of the lord of the Haihayas has begun to be destroyed, unhindered, by sharp weapons.'
१ न कश्चित्पुरुषस्तेषां सम्मुखोऽप्यभवद्रणे
Not a single man among them faced the battle directly.
अथ भग्नं बलं दृष्ट्वा वध्यमानं समंततः
Then, seeing the army broken and being slain everywhere,
तेजोहानिः परा तेऽद्य जाता ब्रह्मवधाद्विभो
Today, O mighty one, the highest loss of brilliance has occurred because of the killing of a Brahmin.
यावन्नागच्छते तस्य रामोनाम सुतो बली
Until his powerful son named Rāma arrives,
नैषा शक्या बलान्नेतुं कामधेनुर्महोदया ६.६६.
This great wish-fulfilling cow cannot be taken away by force.
ततः स पार्थिवो भीतस्तेषां वाक्याद्विशेषतः
Then the king, frightened especially by their words,
इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये जमदग्निवधवर्णनंनाम षट्षष्टितमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Skanda Purāṇa, in the sixth Nāgara section of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection, in the greatness of the Haṭakeśvara field, this is the sixty-sixth chapter called 'The Description of the Killing of Jamadagni.'
फलानि कन्दमूलानि गृहीत्वाऽऽश्रमसम्मुखः
Taking fruits, tubers, and roots, he approached the hermitage.
स दृष्ट्वा स्वाश्रमं ध्वस्तं पुलिन्दैर्बहुशो वृतम्
He saw his own hermitage destroyed, surrounded by many Pulindas.
पप्रच्छ किमिदं सर्वं व्याकुलत्वमुपागतम्
He asked, 'What is all this? How has this distress arisen?'
केनैषा मामिका धेनुः प्रहारैर्जर्जरीकृता
By whom has my cow been battered with blows?
क्व स मेऽद्य पिता वृद्धो माता च सुतवत्सला
Where is my aged father today, and my mother, fond of her son?
अथ तस्य समाचख्युर्वृत्तांतं सर्वतापसाः
Then all the ascetics told him the whole story.
ततस्ते भ्रातरः सर्वे वज्रपातोपमं वचः
Then all the brothers spoke words like the fall of thunderbolts.
मातरं क्षतसर्वाङ्गीं प्राणशेषां व्यथान्विताम्
They saw their mother, wounded in all her limbs, barely alive, afflicted with pain.
रुदित्वाथ चिरं कालं विप्रलप्य मुहुर्मुहुः
Then, after weeping for a long time and lamenting again and again,
अथ दाहावसाने ते कृत्वा गर्तां यथोचिताम् ६.६७.
when the cremation was completed, they made a proper pit as was fitting.
अथान्यैस्तापसैः प्रोक्तो रामः शस्त्रभृतां वरः
Then Rama, the foremost among wielders of weapons, was addressed by the other ascetics.
अथासौ बहुधा प्रो क्तस्तापसैर्जमदग्निजः
Then Jamadagni’s son was repeatedly addressed in many ways by the ascetics.
ततस्तानब्रवीद्रामो विनिःश्वस्य मुनीश्वरान्
Thereupon Rama, after sighing deeply, spoke to the great sages.
अपराधं विना तातः क्षत्रियेण हतोमम
My father was slain by a kshatriya without any offense.
तस्मान्निःक्षत्रियामुर्वीं यद्यहं न करोमि वै
Therefore, if I do not make the earth free of kshatriyas,
पितृमातृवधाज्जातं यत्कृतं तेन पाप्मना
because of the sin committed by that murderer of my father and mother,
ततस्तस्यैव चान्येषां क्षत्रियाणां दुरात्मनाम् तर्पयिष्यामि रक्तेन पितरं नाहमंभसा
therefore, I will satisfy my father with the blood of that one and of other wicked kshatriyas, not with water.
परं विस्मयमापन्ना नोचुः किंचित्ततः परम्
They were all struck with the utmost astonishment and said nothing further.
सर्वैस्तैः शबरैः सार्धं पुलिन्दैर्मेदकैस्तथा ६.६७.
Along with all the Shabaras, Pulindas, and Medakas,
तथाऽर्जुनोऽपि तं श्रुत्वा समायातं भृगूत्तमम्
Likewise, Arjuna, having heard that the best of the Bhargavas had come,
ततस्तु सम्मुखो दृष्टो युद्धार्थं स विनिर्ययौ
then, seeing him face to face, he went out for battle.
अथाभवन्महायुद्धं पुलिन्दानां द्विजोत्तमाः
Then there was a great battle between the Pulindas and the best of the twice-born.