Text 25] Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation
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history, in which Paraśurāma became angry at Kārtavīryārjuna and killed him and rid the entire world of  kṣatriyas  twenty-one times.
TEXT 25
स वैरत्नं तु तद् दृष्ट्वा आत्मैश्वर्यातिशायनम् । तन्नाद्रियताग्निहोत्र्यां सामिलाषः सहैहयः ॥२५॥
sa vai ratnam tu tad dṛṣṭvā ātmaiśvaryātiśāyanam tan nādriyatāgnihotryām sābhilāṣaḥ sahaihayaḥ
saḥ —he (Kārtavīryārjuna);  vai —indeed;  ratnam —a great source of wealth;  tu —indeed;  tat —the  kāmadhenu  in the possession of Jamadagni;  dṛṣṭvā —by observing;  ātma-aiśvarya —his own personal opulence;  ati-śāyanam —which was exceeding;  tat —that;  na —not;  ādriyata —appreciated very much;  agnihotryām —in that cow, which was useful for executing the  agnihotra  sacrifice;  sa-abhilāṣaḥ —became desirous;  sa-haihayaḥ —with his own men, the Haihayas.
TRANSLATION
Kārtavīryārjuna thought that Jamadagni was more powerful and wealthy than himself because of possessing a jewel in the form of the  kāmadhenu . Therefore he and his own men, the Haihayas, were not very much appreciative of Jamadagni's reception. On the contrary, they wanted to possess that  kāmadhenu , which was useful for the execution of the  agnihotra  sacrifice.
PURPORT
Jamadagni was more powerful than Kārtavīryārjuna because of performing the  agnihotra-yajña  with clarified butter received from the  kāmadhenu . Not everyone can be expected to possess such a cow. Nonetheless, an ordinary man may possess an ordinary cow, give protection to this animal, take sufficient milk from it, and engage the milk to produce butter and clarified ghee, especially for performing the  agnihotra-yajña . This is possible for everyone. Thus we find that in  Bhagavad-gītā  Lord