Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.1.57

kīrtimantam prathamajam

kamsāyānakadundubhih

arpayām āsa kricchrena

so 'nritād ativihvalah

SYNONYMS

kīrtimantam — by the name Kīrtimān; prathama-jam — the first-born baby; kamsāya — unto Kamsa; ānakadundubhih — Vasudeva; arpayām āsa — delivered; kricchrena — with great pain; sah — he (Vasudeva); anritāt — from the breaking of the promise, or from fear of being a liar; ati-vihvalah — was very much disturbed, being afraid.

TRANSLATION

Vasudeva was very much disturbed by fear of becoming a liar by breaking his promise. Thus with great pain he delivered his first-born son, named Kīrtimān, into the hands of Kamsa.

PURPORT

In the Vedic system, as soon as a child is born, especially a male child, the father calls for learned brāhmanas, and according to the description of the child's horoscope, the child is immediately given a name. This ceremony is called nāma-karana. There are ten different samskāras, or reformatory methods, adopted in the system of varnāśrama-dharma, and the name-giving ceremony is one of them. Although Vasudeva's first son was to be delivered into the hands of Kamsa, the nāma-karana ceremony was performed, and thus the child was named Kīrtimān. Such names are given immediately after birth.

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