116 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 20
tam tyaktu-kimam mamatam
bhartus tyaga-visanikitam
nama-nirvacanam tasya
Slokam enam sura jaguh

tam—that newly born baby; tyaktu-kamam—who was trying to
avoid; mamatéam—unto Mamata; bhartuh tydga-visankitam—very
much afraid of being forsaken by her husband because of giving birth to
an illegitimate son; ndma-nirvécanam—a name-giving ceremony, or
nadma-karana; tasya—to the child; slokam—verse; enam—this;
surah—the demigods; jaguh—enunciated.

TRANSLATION

Mamata very much feared being forsaken by her husband for
giving birth to an illegitimate son, and therefore she considered
giving up the child. But then the demigods solved the problem by
enunciating a name for the child.

PURPORT

According to Vedic scripture, whenever a child is born there are some
ceremonies known as j@ta-karma and naéma-karana, in which learned
brahmanas, immediately after the birth of the child, make a horoscope
according to astrological calculations. But the child to which Mamata gave
birth was begotten by Brhaspati irreligiously, for although Mamata was
the wife of Utathya, Brhaspati made her pregnant by force. Therefore
Brhaspati became bharta. According to Vedic culture, a wife is con-
sidered the property of her husband, and a son born by illicit sex is called
dvaja. The common word still current in Hindu society for such a son is
dogla, which refers to a son not begotten by the husband of his mother.
In such a situation, it is difficult to give the child a name according to
proper regulative principles. Mamata, therefore, was perplexed, but the
demigods gave the child the appropriate name Bharadvaja, which indi-
cated that the child born illegitimately should be maintained by both
Mamata and Brhaspati.
