Kartavirya Arjuna seized Ravana at the banks of the Narmada, binding the ten-headed king of Lanka with his thousand arms and holding him captive in Mahishmati until Pulastya secured his grandson's release.
Parashurama hacked off the thousand arms of Kartavirya Arjuna and slew the Haihaya king in retribution for the murder of his father Jamadagni, igniting the cycle of vengeance that drove Parashurama to purge the earth of the Kshatriya caste twenty-one times.
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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