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Chapter 12: Creation of the Kumāras and Others

Verse 15 of 57
SB 3.12.15

इत्यादिष्टः स्वगुरुणा भगवान्नीललोहितः सत्त्वाकृतिस्वभावेन ससर्जात्मसमाः प्रजाः

ity ādiṣṭaḥ svaguruṇā bhagavān nīla-lohitaḥ sattvākṛti-svabhāvena sasarjātmasamāḥ prajāḥ

Synonyms

iti—thus; ādiṣṭaḥ—being ordered; svaguruṇā—by his own spiritual master; bhagavān—the most powerful; nīla-lohitaḥ—Rudra, whose color is mixed blue and red; sattva—power; ākṛti—bodily features; svabhāvena—and with a very furious mode of nature; sasarja—created; ātma-samāḥ—like his own prototype; prajāḥ—generations..

Translation

The most powerful Rudra, whose bodily color was blue mixed with red, created many offspring exactly resembling him in features, strength and furious nature.

Verse 15 of 57