Shloka 45
Śakuntalā-Janma-Nāmakaraṇa (Birth and Naming of Śakuntalā) | शकुन्तला-जन्म-नामकरणम्
च्यवनं दीप्ततपसं धर्मात्मानं यशस्विनम् । यः स रोषाच्च्युतो गर्भान्मातुर्मोक्षाय भारत,जिसका नाम था च्यवन। महर्षि च्यवनकी तपस्या सदा उद्दीप्त रहती है। वे धर्मात्मा और यशस्वी हैं। भारत! वे अपनी माताको संकटसे बचानेके लिये रोषपूर्वक गर्भसे च्युत हो गये थे (इसीलिये च्यवन कहलाये)
cyavanaṁ dīptatapasaṁ dharmātmānaṁ yaśasvinam | yaḥ sa roṣāccyuto garbhān mātur mokṣāya bhārata ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “(He was) Cyavana—an ascetic whose austerity blazed with spiritual power, righteous in conduct and renowned. O Bhārata, he was the one who, in anger, fell forth from his mother’s womb in order to deliver his mother from danger; therefore he came to be called ‘Cyavana’.”
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