Shloka 8
अर्जुनस्य लक्ष्यवेधः
Arjuna’s Hitting of the Target at the Svayaṃvara
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 |
वसिष्ठ बोले—हे पुरुषश्रेष्ठ! इसी कारण वह लोकों में उसी नाम से विख्यात हुआ। वह ब्रह्मर्षि अपनी माता की जंघा (ऊरु) को भेदकर उत्पन्न हुआ था; इसलिए संसार में “और्व” नाम से प्रसिद्ध हुआ।
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.