Shloka 8
अनेनैव च विख्यातो नाम्ना लोकेषु सत्तम: । स ऑर्व इति विप्रर्षिरूरुं भित्तता व्यजायत,वे साधुशिरोमणि ब्रह्मर्षि अपनी माताका ऊरु भेदन करके उत्पन्न हुए थे, इसी कारण लोकमें “और्व” नामसे उनकी ख्याति हुई
anenaiva ca vikhyāto nāmnā lokeṣu sattamaḥ | sa aurva iti viprarṣir ūruṁ bhittvā vyajāyata |
قال فاسيشثا: «وبهذه الحادثة عينها ذاع صيته في العوالم بذلك الاسم، يا خير الرجال. ذلك الرِّشيّ البراهمني وُلِدَ بشقِّ فخذ أمه؛ فلذلك اشتهر في الدنيا باسم “أوروَا”.»
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how a person’s name and fame can arise from a defining origin-story; it also underscores the Mahābhārata’s interest in etymology and lineage as carriers of cultural memory.
Vasiṣṭha explains why the sage is called Aurva: he was born by splitting his mother’s thigh (ūru), and this extraordinary birth became the basis of his well-known name.