SB 3.12.10

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Third Canto - Chapter 12: Creation of the Kumāras and Others

SB 3.12.9 - SB 3.12.11

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 10

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; 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.

SB 3.12.9 - SB 3.12.11