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  "name":"SB 3.12.10",
  "h1":"SB 3.12.10",
  "label":"Text 10",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.12.10",
  "description":"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 3.12.10

यदरोदीः सुरश्रेष्ठ सोद्वेग इव बालकः ।
ततस्त्वामभिधास्यन्ति नाम्ना रुद्र इति प्रजाः ॥१०॥

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.