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अत्यरातिजानंतपि (atyarAtijAnaMtapi)

 
Vedic Reference
English
Aty-arāti Jānaṃ-tapi, though not a prince, was taught the
Rājasūya by Vāsiṣṭha Satyahavya, and thereupon conquered
the earth. When Vāsiṣṭha reminded him of his indebtedness,
and claimed a great reward, the warrior replied irascibly that
he intended to conquer the Uttara Kurus, and that Vāsiṣṭha
would then become King of the Earth, Atyarāti himself being
his general (senā-pati). Vāsiṣṭha replied that as no mortal man
could conquer the Uttara Kurus he was cheated of his reward.
He consequently procured Atyarāti's defeat and death at the
hands of Amitratapana Śuṣmiṇa Śaibya.^1
1) Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, viii. 23. Cf. Weber, Indische Studien, 1, 214.