Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.12.10

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.

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