तं त्यक्तुकामां ममतां भर्तुस्त्यागविशङ्किताम् । नामनिर्वाचनं तस्य श्लोकमेनं सुरा जगु: ॥ ३७ ॥
tam tyaktu-kamam mamatam bhartus tyaga-visankitam nama-nirvacanam tasya slokam enam sura jaguh
- tam
- that newly born baby
- tyaktu-kamam
- who was trying to avoid
- mamatam
- unto Mamata
- bhartuh tyaga-visankitam
- very much afraid of being forsaken by her husband because of giving birth to an illegitimate son
- nama-nirvacanam
- a name-giving ceremony, or nama-karana
- tasya
- to the child
- slokam
- verse
- enam
- this
- surah
- the demigods
- jaguh
- enunciated.
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.