Meanwhile the powerful son of Kritavirya, the king of the Haihayas, endued with great power, highly pious, and possessed of a on thousand arms through the favour of the great Rishi) Dattatreya, having conquered in battle, by the strength of his own arms, the entire Earth with her mountains and seven islands, became a very powerful sovereign and (at iast) gave away the Earth to the Brahmanas in a house-sacrifice.
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु कृतवीर्यात्मजो बली। अर्जुनो नाम तेजस्वी क्षत्रियो हैहयाधिपः॥ दत्तात्रेयप्रसादेन राजा बाहुसहस्रवान्। चक्रवर्ती महातेजा विप्राणामाश्वमेधिके॥ ददौ स पृथिवीं सर्वां सप्तद्वीपां सपर्वताम्। स्वबाह्वस्त्रबलेनाजौ जित्वा परमधर्मवित्॥