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Chapter 12: Creation of the Kumāras and Others

Verse 10 of 57
SB 3.12.10

यदरोदीः सुरश्रेष्ठ सोद्वेग इव बालकः ततस्त्वामभिधास्यन्ति नाम्ना रुद्र इति प्रजाः

yad arodīḥ sura-śreṣṭha sodvega iva bālakaḥ tatas tvām abhidhāsyanti nāmnā rudra iti prajāḥ

Synonyms

yat—as much as; arodīḥ—cried loudly; sura-śreṣṭha—O chief of the demigods; sodvegaḥ—with great anxiety; iva—like; bālakaḥ—a boy; tataḥ—therefore; tvām—you; abhidhāsyanti—will call; nāmnā—by the name; rudra—Rudra; iti—thus; prajāḥ—people..

Translation

Thereafter Brahmā said: O chief of the demigods, you shall be called by the name Rudra by all people because you have so anxiously cried.

Verse 10 of 57