Yamalarjuna Bhanjana

Yamalarjuna Bhanjana (यमलार्जुनभञ्जन) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Liberator who felled the twin Arjuna trees”. Find pronunciation, origin, deity association, popularity and similar Hindu baby names.

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Yamalarjuna Bhanjana (यमलार्जुनभञ्जन) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Liberator who felled the twin Arjuna trees”. Find pronunciation, origin, deity association, popularity and similar Hindu baby names.

— Yamalarjuna Bhanjana

Yamalarjuna Bhanjana (यमलार्जुनभञ्जन, IAST: Yamalārjuna Bhañjana) is a Sanskrit-origin Hindu boy-name meaning “Liberator who felled the twin Arjuna trees”. From yamala (twin), arjuna (the arjuna trees), and bhañjana (one who breaks or liberates), this name celebrates Krishna's uprooting of two great trees to free the cursed sons of Kubera.

Meaning, etymology & significance

The yamala-arjuna episode from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa describes how Nalakūbara and Maṇigrīva, sons of Kubera, were cursed by Nārada to stand as twin arjuna trees. The toddler Krishna, crawling with the mortar tied to His waist, passed between them and pulled the trees down, instantly liberating the two souls within. Bhañjana, from the root bhañj (to break, shatter), here carries the dual meaning of physical breaking and spiritual liberation.

This name belongs to the devotional celebration of Dāmodara-Krishna's childhood pastimes and is particularly chanted during the month of Kārtika. As a given name it is long; Yamalarjunabhanjana may be shortened affectionately. Pronounced ya-ma-laar-ju-na-bhan-ja-na.

Scriptural source

Yamalarjuna Bhanjana appears in the Vishnu Sahasranama, among the sacred names of Vishnu.

Astrology — nakshatra, rashi & numerology

By the standard Vedic correspondence between a name’s first syllable and the lunar mansion, Yamalarjuna Bhanjana aligns with the Jyeshtha nakshatra, under the Vrischika rashi (Moon sign). Its Chaldean name-number is 2.