भस्मना चावृतं सर्वं सम्मूढमिव तद्बलम् | वसिष्ठ ऋषयचान्ये राजा च ससुतस्तदा || १-७४-१६
The entire army was covered with ashes, as if they fainted. At that time Vasishtha and other sages, the king ( Dasharatha ) and his sons..... - [1-74-16]
- held their senses under control. All others lost their consciousness. In that dreadful darkness while the army looked as if covered with ashes. [1-74-17]
Then he ( king Dasaratha ) encountered the repressor of kings, descendant of Bhrigu and son of Jamadagni ( Parashuram ji ), looking dreadful, with a terrible crown of matted hair. [1-74-18]
He ( Parashuram ) was seemed inaccessible like Kailasha mountain and unendurable like the fire at the time of dissolution, irradiant with his own radiance, hence imperceivable for commoners,..... - [1-74-19]
he clinched an axe ( on his right shoulder ) and clasped a bow ( in his left hand ), that in simile was like a congeries of electroluminescence, and handling an arrow ( which was as if ready to electrocute ), he looked like Siva at the time of slaying of Tripura. [1-74-20]