That best of the Bharata race, that chastiser of foes, that son of Arjuna, was called Abhimanyu, because he was fearless and wrathful.
अभिश्च मन्युमांश्चैव ततस्तमरिमर्दनम्। अभिमन्युमिति प्राहुरार्जुनि पुरुषर्षभम्॥