Shloka 24
पाण्डोः तपः-प्रसङ्गः, ऋण-धर्मः, अपत्य-प्राप्ति-चिन्ता
Pāṇḍu’s Asceticism, the Doctrine of Debts, and Deliberations on Progeny
नामधेयं च चक्राते तस्य बालस्य तायुभौ | वसुना सह जातो<यं वसुषेणो भवत्विति,उन दम्पतिने उस बालकका नामकरण इस प्रकार किया; यह वसु (कवच-कुण्डलादि धन)-के साथ उत्पन्न हुआ है, इसलिये वसुषेण नामसे प्रसिद्ध हो
nāmadheyaṃ ca cakrāte tasya bālasya tāyubhau | vasunā saha jāto 'yaṃ vasuṣeṇo bhavatv iti ||
Vaiśampāyana said: The couple then performed the naming of the child, saying, “This one has been born together with wealth (protective gifts); therefore let him be known as Vasuṣeṇa.” The name marks the child’s extraordinary birth and foreshadows how divine endowments and social recognition will shape his later destiny and moral trials.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Names in the Mahābhārata often encode destiny and social perception: the child’s identity is framed by the extraordinary ‘wealth’ he is born with, hinting that gifts and status can become both protection and a source of later ethical conflict.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that the parents perform the child’s naming and declare that since he was born together with ‘vasu’ (valuables/protective gifts), he should be called Vasuṣeṇa.