The powerful Arjuna, however, of great prowess, always devoted to peace, ever obedient to Brahmanas and ready to protect all classes, and charitable brave, O Bharata, did not think of that curse imprecated on him by that great Rishi. His powerful sons, always proud and cruel, on account of that curse, became the indirect cause of his death. The princes, O foremost of Bharata's race, caught and brought away the calf of Jamadagani's Homa COW, against the knowledge of Kartavirya the king of the Haihayas. For this reason a dispute took place between the great Jamadagni and the Haihayas.
अर्जुनस्तु महातेजा बली नित्यं शमात्मकः। ब्रह्मण्यश्च शरण्यश्च दाता शूरश्च भारत॥ नाचिन्तयत् तदा शापं तेन दत्तं महात्मना। तस्य पुत्रास्तु बलिनः शापेनासन् पितुर्वर्धे॥ निमित्तादवलिप्ता वै नृशंसाश्चैव सर्वदा। जमदग्निधेन्वास्ते वत्समानिन्युर्भरतर्षभ॥ अज्ञातं कार्तवीर्येण हैहेयेन्द्रेण धीमता। तनिमित्तमभूद् युद्धं जामदग्नेर्महात्मनः॥