Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 70: Rāma’s Noble Lineage
Text 1.70.37
सपत्न्या तु गरस्तस्यै दत्तो गर्भजिघांसया।
सह तेन गरेणैव जातः स सगरोऽभवत्॥
sapatnyā tu garas tasyai datto garbha-jighāṁsayā
saha tena gareṇaiva jātaḥ sa sagaro ’bhavat
sapatnyā tu = by her co-wife; garaḥ = poison; tasyai = to her; dattaḥ = was given; garbha-jighāṁsayā = to kill the child in her womb; saha tena gareṇa eva = with that very poison; jātaḥ sa = because he was born [in good health]; sagaraḥ = Sagara; abhavat = he was named.
Poison was given to her by her co-wife to kill the child in her womb. Because he was born [in good health] with that very poison, he was named Sagara.1
1 Gara means “poison” and sa means “with.” Since he was born in good health with that very poison, he was named Sagara.