ज्येष्ठं युधिष्ठिरेत्य् आहुर् भीमसेनेति मध्यमम् ॥
अर्जुनेति तृतीयं च कुन्तीपुत्रान् अकल्पयन् ॥
पूर्वजं नकुलेत्य् एवं सहदेवेति चापरम् ॥
माद्रीपुत्राव् अकथयंस् ते विप्राः प्रीतमानसाः ॥
अनुसंवत्सरं जाता अपि ते कुरुसत्तमाः ॥
jyeṣṭhaṃ yudhiṣṭhirety āhur bhīmaseneti madhyamam ||
arjuneti tṛtīyaṃ ca kuntīputrān akalpayan ||
pūrvajaṃ nakulety evaṃ sahadeveti cāparam ||
mādrīputrāv akathayaṃs te viprāḥ prītamānasāḥ ||
anusaṃvatsaraṃ jātā api te kurusattamāḥ ||
"The eldest they named Yudhishthira, the middle one Bhimasena, and the third Arjuna; thus were the sons of Kunti named. The firstborn of the twins they named Nakula, and the other Sahadeva -- so those brahmins, with joyful hearts, named the sons of Madri; though those foremost of the Kurus had been born year after year."
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Here the five Pandavas receive their names from the ascetic brahmins. It is telling that the names are given "with love, according to their deeds, and with blessings": the naming is a sacred rite in which the blessing of the wise accompanies the child into life. Herein lies the importance of a good name and the elders' blessing at one's entry into the world. Telling, too, is that the brothers were "born year after year" -- close in age yet born successively -- and still united as a single whole: the five will be inseparable in joy and in sorrow. Thus the scripture reveals the birth and naming of the Pandava brotherhood, destined to become the bulwark of dharma in the struggle to come.