Canto 3, Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Verse 10 (SB 3.12.10)
SB 3.12.10 • मूल श्लोक

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

Transliteration

yad arodīḥ sura-śreṣṭha sodvega iva bālakaḥ tatas tvām abhidhāsyanti nāmnā rudra iti prajāḥ

Synonyms (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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda