Bhārgava Rāma at Māhiṣmatī: Narmadā-stuti and the Challenge to Kārttavīryārjuna
अकृतव्रणसंयुक्तः प्रदीप्ताग्निरिव ज्वलन् / समायातो भार्गवो ऽसीपुरीं महिष्मतीं प्रति
akṛtavraṇasaṃyuktaḥ pradīptāgniriva jvalan / samāyāto bhārgavo 'sīpurīṃ mahiṣmatīṃ prati
Unwounded in body, blazing like a kindled fire, the Bhārgava came, drawing near to Asipurī—Mahīṣmatī.