O mighty-armed king, seeing his hermitage consumed by the powerful Kshatriya, the highly energetic Apava cursed that monarch in anger, saying,-Since, O Arjuna, without reserving these my woods, you have burnt them, therefore, Rama (of Bhrigu's race), will cut your thousand arins.
आपवस्तु ततो रोषाच्छशापार्जुनमच्युत। दग्धेऽऽश्रमे महाबाहो कार्तवीर्येण वीर्यवान्॥ त्वया न वर्जितं यस्मान्नमेदं हि महद् वनम्। दग्धं तस्माद् रणे रामो बाहूंस्ते छेत्स्यतेऽर्जुन॥