Canto 9: LiberationChapter 23: The Dynasties of the Sons of Yayati

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.23.24

arjunah kritaviryasya

sapta-dvipesvaro 'bhavat

dattatreyad dharer amsat

prapta-yoga-mahagunah

SYNONYMS

arjunah -- Arjuna; kritaviryasya -- of Kritavirya; sapta-dvipa -- of the seven islands (the whole world); isvarah abhavat -- became the emperor; dattatreyat -- from Dattatreya; hareh amsat -- from he who was the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; prapta -- obtained; yoga-mahagunah -- the quality of mystic power.

TRANSLATION

The son of Kritavirya was Arjuna. He [Kartaviryarjuna] became the emperor of the entire world, consisting of seven islands, and received mystic power from Dattatreya, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus he obtained the mystic perfections known as asta-siddhi.

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