Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 19, Shloka 15
Adhyaya 19 — Kartavirya Arjuna at Dattatreya’s Ashram: Boons, Sovereignty, and Vaishnava Praise
परानुसरणे ज्ञानमप्रतिद्वन्द्वतां रणे ।
सहस्रमाप्तुमिच्छामि बाहूनां लघुतागुणम् ॥
parānusaraṇe jñānam apratidvandvatāṃ raṇe /
sahasram āptum icchāmi bāhūnāṃ laghutāguṇam
（どうか）敵を追い詰め打ち破るための知を授け、戦場において比類なき力を与え給え。さらに、迅速かつ軽妙に動く徳を具えた千の腕を得たい。
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FAQs
Power is requested in layered form: first discernment (jñāna), then invincibility, then extraordinary capacity—suggesting that intelligence is the rightful governor of force.
Carita: aetiology of Kārtavīrya’s famed epithet and superhuman attributes within the royal narrative.
‘A thousand arms’ symbolizes multi-directional agency: a ruler’s capacity to act simultaneously in many domains—defense, justice, economy—when aligned with dharma.