तदुपश्रुत्य दूरस्था हा रामेत्यार्तवत्स्वनम् । त्वरयाश्रममासाद्य ददृशु: पितरं हतम् ॥ १४ ॥
tad upasrutya durastha ha ramety artavat svanam tvarayasramam asadya dadrsuh pitaram hatam
- tat
- that crying of Renuka
- upasrutya
- upon hearing
- dura-sthah
- although staying a long distance away
- ha rama
- O Rama, O Rama
- iti
- thus
- arta-vat
- very aggrieved
- svanam
- the sound
- tvaraya
- very hastily
- asramam
- to the residence of Jamadagni
- asadya
- coming
- dadrsuh
- saw
- pitaram
- the father
- hatam
- killed.
Although the sons of Jamadagni, including Lord Parasurama, were a long distance from home, as soon as they heard Renuka loudly calling O Rama, O my son they hastily returned to the asrama, where they saw their father already killed.