The Wrath of Parashurama

Out of reverence and fear, Janaka remained silent. The other people at the gathering also remained quiet. Rama stepped forward, joined his hands, and addressed Parashurama. 

"O Lord, the person who broke the Pinaka must be one of your servants," said Rama. "Please command me." 

Parashurama replied that the person who broke the Pinaka must be his enemy, not his servant, and that such a person should be killed.

"I have broken many bows during childhood, but you never got angry. What is your special attachment to this bow?" said Lakshmana, trying to lighten the mood. But these words only served to enrage Parashurama further. 

"Mind your tongue, boy!" yelled Parashurama. "It looks like your death is at hand." 

Parashurama then addressed Rama, "The bow slung over my shoulder was a gift from Lord Vishnu to my father. This bow and the one you broke were part of a pair. If you string this bow, I will regard you as the avatar of Vishnu and leave." 

Rama effortlessly took Vishnu's bow from Parashurama and strung it. He then nocked an arrow, pointed it at Parashurama and said, "This arrow requires a target and cannot be wasted. It will either destroy your ability to teleport or the fruits of your penance."

Parashurama realized that Rama was indeed Vishnu's avatar and calmed down. "Let this arrow destroy all the fruits of my penance, but not my ability to teleport so that I may reach Mount Mahendra by sunset," he humbly told Rama. He quietly departed from Janaka's court, having an inkling that his work on Earth was finished.

After this incident, he would sing the praises of Lord Rama.