Kārttavīrya-vadha (Death of Karttavīrya) / Bhārgava Rāma’s Battle with the King’s Sons
इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे भार्गवचरिते कार्त्तवीर्यवधो नाम चत्वारिंशत्तमो ऽध्यायः // ४०// वसिष्ठ उवाच दृष्ट्वा पितुर्वधं घोरं तत्पुत्रास्ते शतं त्वरा / वारयामासुरत्युग्रं भार्गवं स्वबलेः पृथक्
iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde bhārgavacarite kārttavīryavadho nāma catvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 40// vasiṣṭha uvāca dṛṣṭvā piturvadhaṃ ghoraṃ tatputrāste śataṃ tvarā / vārayāmāsuratyugraṃ bhārgavaṃ svabaleḥ pṛthak
Thus, in the Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the middle section spoken by Vāyu, within the third introductory division of the Bhārgava narrative, is the fortieth chapter called “The Slaying of Kārttavīrya.” Vasiṣṭha said: Seeing the dreadful killing of their father, his hundred sons swiftly, each with his own force, sought to restrain the exceedingly fierce Bhārgava.