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ŚB 3.12.8

Devanagari

स वै रुरोद देवानां पूर्वजो भगवान् भव: ।
नामानि कुरु मे धात: स्थानानि च जगद्गुरो ॥ ८ ॥

Text

sa vai ruroda devānāṁ
pūrvajo bhagavān bhavaḥ
nāmāni kuru me dhātaḥ
sthānāni ca jagad-guro

Synonyms

saḥ — he; vai — certainly; ruroda — cried loudly; devānām pūrvajaḥ — the eldest of all demigods; bhagavān — the most powerful; bhavaḥ — Lord Śiva; nāmāni — different names; kuru — designate; me — my; dhātaḥ — O destiny maker; sthānāni — places; ca — also; jagat-guro — O teacher of the universe.

Translation

After his birth he began to cry: O destiny maker, teacher of the universe, kindly designate my name and place.