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 |
وسِشٹھ نے کہا—اے بہترین انسان! اسی سبب سے وہ اسی نام سے جہانوں میں مشہور ہوا۔ وہ برہمن رِشی اپنی ماں کی ران (اُورُو) کو چیر کر پیدا ہوا تھا؛ اسی لیے دنیا میں ‘اَورْو’ کے نام سے معروف ہوا۔
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.