Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 19, Shloka 19
Adhyaya 19 — Kartavirya Arjuna at Dattatreya’s Ashram: Boons, Sovereignty, and Vaishnava Praise
दत्तात्रेय उवाच यत्र ते कीर्तिताः सर्वे तान् वरान् समवाप्स्यसि ।
मत्प्रसादाच्च भविता चक्रवर्तो त्वमीश्वरः ॥
dattātreya uvāca yatra te kīrtitāḥ sarve tān varān samavāpsyasi /
matprasādāc ca bhavitā cakravarto tvam īśvaraḥ
Dattātreya nói: Tất cả những ân huệ mà ngươi đã thưa—ngươi sẽ được trọn vẹn. Và nhờ ân phúc của ta, ngươi sẽ trở thành bậc Chuyển luân vương (cakravartin), một vị chúa tể.
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FAQs
Sovereignty is ultimately framed as granted and constrained by divine/moral order: the ruler becomes ‘cakravartin’ not merely by force but by alignment with grace and dharma.
Carita/Vamśānucarita: the verse functions as a narrative certification of the hero’s future status and explains his exceptional reign within dynastic history.
The ‘wheel’ (cakra) of cakravartin can be read as the axis of order: when the center (inner dharma) is steady through grace, the circumference (the world/realm) comes under harmonious governance.