Of the radiance of a thousand Moons, he was born in the city of the Kurus, known as Udayendu. In as much as in an assembly of the Somas he won great renown, he came to be siylcd Sutasoma.
सहस्रसोमप्रतिमो बभूव पुरे कुरूणामुदयेन्दुनाम्नि। तस्मिञ्जातः सोमसंक्रन्दमध्ये यस्मात् तस्मात् सुतसोमोऽभवत् सः॥