Kartavirya Cartoveriya Cartoverya, Haihaya Arjuna : son of Kārtavirya, king of the Haihayas. By the grace of Dattātreya, Arjūna Kārtavirya obtained many boons including a thousand arms. In Vishnu Purana, he ruled with unbroken health, prosperity, strength & valour; another Purana says, because he oppressed both men & gods Vishnu incarnated as Parashurāma & killed him.
... nor was Krishna, the embodiment of the most versatile perfection realised in the past. Yajnavalkya had such a wealth of cows as might make an American master dairyman giddy. Janaka, Ajatashatru, Kartavirya—to name only a few—led a robust spiritual life in the midst of material opulence. Buddha had to pay heavily for his initial, immoderate austerities, and was forced to relinquish them in favour of ...
... knowledge. The kingdom of God & the Veda are in the hearts of His people. In the Treta the old perfect order begins to break and Vishnu descends as the chakravarti raja , the warrior and ruler, Kartavirya, Parsurama, Rama, and the sword, the law and the written Veda are instituted to govern men. But there is still great elasticity and freedom and within certain limits men follow the healthy impulse ...
... disciples; but when the movement of knowledge again expands and the soul of India expands with it, they come forth once more and work in the world and for the world. Yogins like Janaka, Ajatashatru and Kartavirya once more sit on the thrones of the world and govern the nations. God's Lila in man moves always in a circle, from Satyayuga to Kali and through Kali to the Satya, from the Age of Gold to the ...
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