Somavansheeya Sahasrarjuna Kshatriyakula Thilaka Raja

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Dear Anand, Ganesha Puraanam describe infant Kartavirya at birth as having no limbs.Professor Tikale VP while traveling in Khanadesh, a northern borderregion of Maharashtra, came across the following folklore.Thousands of years ago, due to political and social uncertainties,Somavanshiya Sahasrarjun Kshatriya migrants from Madyapradesh settled inthe Erandon area of Khanadesh where this folklore originated. At ErandonBarhanapur Ganesh lake, in the Ganesh temple, the priest pointed at

thepaintings. He explained that here on the lake front, Kartavirya'sparents were concerned. They carried their baby Kartavirya with no handsand prayed regularly to God Dattatreya, who then blessed the baby withthe thousand hands. Kartavirya came to be known as Sahasrarjun.Though the popular notion fed by vaishnavites is that he is a SudarshanaAvatara(which does not explain his arrogant behaviour with Sage Bhargavain any way,because a sudarshana Avatara will have more divine sense--asviewed by Shri Kamalesh Mehta,Tantric historian). The word Sahasra virtually means a thousand. For many it means the dominance of emperor Arjun over the evil. In mythological art, the pictorial expression of the strength of Gods is depicted with multiple hands and brain power with multiple heads. There are other explanations on the expression of strength of Sahasrarjun in the form of fables and mythical tales. Great emperor Sahasrarjun, the patriarch, ruled the kingdom of Mahismati, the region of Maheshwar in the state of Madyapradesh, India. He was a well-known Kshatriya warrior, who stood out of other brave heroes of puraans, for his great strength. Sahasrarjun stories have been depicted differently in puraans. Many folklore’s and fables describing his greatness have been passed on for generations. It is mostly from word of mouth. Their interpretations, however, vary in

different regions. Our story begins from the heaven.Resident God Vishnu destroyer of evil, is generally identified by the weapon Chakra. This Chakra symbol adorns his right hand index finger. Pictorially it is shown as a very powerful, sharply spiked, spinning wheel. It spins fast This weapon represents God Chakradeva, the destroyer of evil elements of humanity. The Chakra sometimes in the form of wheel is used as a logo to symbolize our Sahasrarjun

heritage. The wheel that represents Chakra is symbolically used in the figures or the book covers of the religious books related to Sahasrarjun Shri Laxminarayan Ambekar writes that God Vishnu at the appropriate time sent Chakaradeva to earth as one of his 26 avaatars. That is when there was no peace on earth due to turmoil caused by the rakshas or evil disruptors of the society. He descended to earth to eliminate the rakshasas and disruptors and become great emperor Sahasrarjun. For generations it has been told that young Kartavirya after becoming

the ruler of Mahismati, for the betterment of and for expansion of his kingdom to the four corners of the earth, sought the advice of the elders. Then he went on a quest for peace to a mountain top to pray to the God Dattatreya. He prayed to him for peace and strength with deep devotion. Dattatreya became his mentor as well as his guru (teacher) and guided him during his entire life.

Dattatreya finally appeared and blessed his devotee with a thousand powerful hands. Mighty Sahasrarjun then conquered all the known and unknown oversea kingdoms. In reference to his powerful hands Sahasrarjun is addressed as Sahasrabahu, Sahasrabujhadhari etc.. He is also referred to as Rajarajeshwar, Kartavirya, Kartyviryarjun, Kritaviryanandan, Parakrami Arjun, Haihayaraja, Dashagrivajayi, Nagapal etc. He was known to be one of the seven greatest emperors that had ever lived. The late Shri K G. Katway, in his article described that Arjun in the gigantic battle stance (avaatar, with the thousand hands) radiated a bright halo around him. This emitted powerful rays of light in all directions. The intensity of this glow was equivalent to a thousand suns. It blinded the enemies and scared them away, it humbled them to surrender. These rays represented his strength. Shri Nagosa Jituri retired Police officer of Hubli echoed the same view point. Shri Vittalsa Badi interprets that the God Vishnu’s Chakra had one thousand spikes. Sahasrarjun was the avaatar of Chakra, each spoke of it represented his hand. Many interpret Sahasra represents hands of Sahasrarjun holding many weapons, expressing his knowledge in different war skills,Artist Kale placed imaginary weapons derived from the mythological depictions in Sahasrarjun’s hands. The author Shri Ajore Sinha of Hai Haya descent in his descriptive verses on Sahasrarjun strength also portrayed many weapons. Shri Badi claims that Sahasrarjun was accompanied by 500 humongous brave body guards serving him around the clock. Their collective 1000 powerful hands represented another source of his power. Shri Badi even states that Sahasrarjun had 500 spouses(his shakthis).

Their thousand hands also represented his greater strength. Undoubtedly he must have been a patient diplomat to shoulder multiple domestic situations! Dr. Venkatrao Mengaji explained

that the thousand hands, presumably symbolic, represented his superhuman strength. He commented, that it is common sense that he was a thousand times more powerful. As an example in a duel with fierce Ravana, he defeated the demon effortlessly. Ravana had a mighty physique with 10 pairs of strong hands and ten large heads. Concurring with Dr. Mengaji, Shri Parashuramasa Kalburgi compares Sahsrarjun’s strength to

that of horse power, a unit measure of energy. He interprets the thousand hands as a unit of strength, like Arjun power, rather than actual possession of many hands. My friend Harivardhan of Somavanshiya Sahasrarjun Kshatriya Samaj of North America had provided me with a detailed information replte with pictures supra which I have made as a posting. Thus, all one can say is that Grace of Lord Dattatreya was there for the King Sahasrarjuna but to mention that the thousand hands was solely because of his being a Sudarshana avatara does not give the full picture. Hope the picture is now clear Anandji? Yours yogically, Shreeram Balijepalli > Hello,>> Not to take away the beauty of greatness of Lord Dattatreya.>> The reason Kartavirya has 1000 hands is because he is the incarnationof> Sudarshana Chakra on the Hands of Lord Vishnu.>> Sudarshana Chakra, is faster than the mind can think of. One chakragot> proud of the steadfastness, so Lord Vishnu smiled, and so he said tothat> chakra, lets see, ( a small proud ness, made the chakra to fall onearth to> be born as a mortal ) and he was an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu, andLord> Dattatreya was his guru ( how he became guru, this piece of story Idon't> know).>> He used to take care of his

citizens even before they approaced himwith> troubles. That is the reason we have the Kaartaviryarjuna Stotra forremoval> of obstacles, if you are being harrased by either spouses ( it works), or> if you are having a threat of being stolen, that mantra works wonders.>> He was a good king till, he did that henious thing of killing Bhargava(> Parasurama's) father.>> Any how just wanted to share the story.>> Anand>

 

 

 

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