Then Rama slew with his axe ten thousand Kshatriyas. He then could not bear the hot words uttered by his enraged adversaries. When the twice-born sects exclaimed saying, 'O Rama, descendant of Bhrigu's race.
निजघ्ने दशसाहस्रान् रामः परशुना तदा। न ह्यमृष्यत ता वाचो यास्तै शमुदीरिताः॥ भृगो रामाभिधावेति यदाक्रन्दन् द्विजोत्तमाः।