When Parashurama arrived with his retinue at Kurukshetra in the Kuru kingdom and sent a message to Bhishma of his arrival, Bhishma came to see his guru and worshipped him. A pleased Parashurama commanded Bhishma to accept Amba, who was blemished by his kidnapping, to save her from further insult. Bhishma said that he could not marry her as he had taken a vow of celibacy nor his brother would marry her as she loved Salva. An infuriated Parashurama threatened Bhishma with death. Bhishma tried to calm the sage, but in vain and finally agreed to battle his guru to safeguard his Kshatriya duty. Ganga tried stopping the battle by beseeching her son as well as the great sage, but failed.[12] The great battle lasted for 23 days, without any result. On the 24th day when Bhishma chose to use a deadly weapon, at the behest of the divine sage Narada and the gods, Parashurama ended the conflict and the battle was declared a draw.[1][13] Parashurama narrated the events to Amba and told her to seek Bhishma's protection. However, Amba refused to listen to Parashurama's advice and left angrily declaring that she will achieve her objective by asceticism.[14]
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