Worked up with anger at the death of his father and filled with vengeance, Rama vowed to rid the Earth of Kshatriyas and took up arms.
ततः पितृवधामर्षाद् रामः परममन्युमान्॥ निःक्षत्रियां प्रतिश्रुत्य महीं शस्त्रमगृह्वत।