Kartavirya Attacks and Jamadagni Is Killed
King Kartavirya, drunk on battle, arrives at the hermitage when the sons are away. He rejects the rishi's wife's homage, destroys the hermitage, and steals the sacrificial cow's calf. When Rama returns and learns what happened, he rushes at Kartavirya in fury and slices off his one thousand arms with sharp arrows. But Kartavirya's sons, seeking revenge, attack the hermitage when Rama is absent — and kill the defenseless Jamadagni.
One day, when the sons had gone out as before, the brave Kartavirya — king of the region along the shore — arrived at the hermitage.
He was shown homage by the rishi's wife. But insolent from the madness of battle, he did not accept this homage. He destroyed the hermitage. Through force, he carried off the sacrificial cow's calf, though it kept crying. He tore down all the large trees.
When Rama returned, his father himself told him what had happened. On seeing the cow weeping, Rama was overcome with great anger. In great wrath, he rushed towards Kartavirya. Bhargava, the destroyer of enemy warriors, bravely engaged him in battle. He grasped his beautiful bow and with his sharp arrows, sliced off Kartavirya's one thousand arms — each of which was like a club.
Kartavirya was defeated and killed.
But Kartavirya's heirs became very angry at Rama. When Rama was not in the hermitage, they rushed at Jamadagni. They killed the immensely valorous ascetic, who refused to fight and, unprotected, kept calling out for Rama.
Having pierced Jamadagni with their arrows, Kartavirya's sons, the destroyers of enemies, departed.
When they had gone away and Jamadagni had died, the descendant of the Bhargava lineage returned to the hermitage with firewood. The brave one saw that his father had been overcome by death. He was miserable and lamented the one who had not deserved to meet this fate. Aranyaka Parva, Chapter 413