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Canto 3: The Status Quo
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SB 3.12: Creation of the Kumāras and Others
SB 3.12.10
yad arodīḥ sura-śreṣṭha
sodvega iva bālakaḥ
tatas tvām abhidhāsyanti
nāmnā rudra iti prajāḥ
Word for word:
yat
— as much as;
arodīḥ
— cried loudly;
sura
-
śreṣṭha
— O chief of the demigods;
sa
-
udvegaḥ
— with great anxiety;
iva
— like;
bālakaḥ
— a boy;
tataḥ
— therefore;
tvām
— you;
abhidhāsyanti
— will call;
nāmnā
— by the name;
rudraḥ
— 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.
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