SB 3.12.10

SB 3.12.10

Devanagari

यदरोदी: सुरश्रेष्ठ सोद्वेग इव बालक: । ततस्त्वामभिधास्यन्ति नाम्ना रुद्र इति प्रजा: ॥ १० ॥

Verse text

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

O best of the devatās! Because you cried out in anxiety as a child the people will call you Rudra.