Jamadagni and Renuka's union produced five sons, the youngest being Parashurama, who would become the axe-wielding avatar of Vishnu destined to cleanse the earth of tyrannical kshatriyas.
Kartavirya Arjuna plundered the hermitage of the sage Jamadagni and seized his wish-granting cow Kamadhenu by force, an act of Kshatriya arrogance that provoked Parashurama to slay the thousand-armed king.
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