Verse 23·VR 4.66.23

तदा शैलाग्र शिखरे वामो हनुर् अभज्यत | ततो हि नाम धेयम् ते हनुमान् इति कीर्तितम् || ४-६६-२४

tadaa shailaagra shikhare vaamo hanur abhajyata | tato hi naama dheyam te hanumaan iti kiirtitam || 4-66-24

Translation

"Then, your left cheekbone, zygomatic arch, is broken when you fell down on a highest mountaintop, from thereupon your name-phrase is indeed averred as Hanumaan... [4-66-24]

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