Gifted with a thousand arms and great beauty the powerful Kartavirya, formerly became the lord of all the world. He had his capital in the city of Mahishmati.
सहस्रभुजभृच्छ्रीमान् कार्तवीर्योऽभवत् प्रभुः। अस्य लोकस्य सर्वस्य माहिष्मत्यां महाबलः॥