Shloka 3
यः क्षत्रियै: परामृष्टे वत्से पितरि चाब्रुवन् । ततो<वधीत् कार्तवीर्यमजितं समरे परै:,जब क्षत्रियोंने गायके बछड़ेको पकड़ लिया और पिता जमदग्निको मार डाला, तब जिन्होंने मौन रहकर ही समरभूमिमें दूसरोंसे कभी पराजित न होनेवाले कृतवीर्यकुमार अर्जुनका वध किया था
yaḥ kṣatriyaiḥ parāmṛṣṭe vatse pitari cābruvan | tato ’vadhīt kārtavīryam ajitaṃ samare paraiḥ ||
Narada said: When the Kshatriyas seized the calf and, after killing his father Jamadagni, spoke to him, he—maintaining a grim silence—then slew Kartavirya (Arjuna), who had never been defeated by others in battle.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the moral strain between justice and vengeance: an outrage against one’s family (seizure of property and killing of the father) provokes violent retaliation, illustrating how adharma can trigger further violence and how personal duty can collide with broader ethical restraint.
Narada recalls an episode where Kshatriyas seize a calf and kill Jamadagni; in response, the avenger (implied in the wider tradition to be Jamadagni’s son) later kills the otherwise undefeated Kartavirya Arjuna in battle.