The Purana Index v1.c5.s8.36

v1.c5.s8.36

Cakravartins came into being in Treta and partook the amśa of Hari to protect Dharma. Their seven ratnas—cakra, ratha, maṇi, sword, carma, Ketu, and nidhi (some include wife, horse and elephant and leave out sword and Ketu) and seven creatures wife, purohita, senāni, rathakrit, mantri, aśva and kalabha, had the attributes of Viṣṇu; they enjoyed trivarga, fame and success, aiśvarya like Aṇima and Prabhu śakti, learned and pure, entertained with their prowess sages, gods, devils, men, etc.; bodily characteristics of; legs with the symbol of wheel and fish, hands with conch and lotus.¹ Reigned for a long time with daṇḍanīti.² Vāli was a cakravartī. Arjuna (Kārtavīrya) was another.³