Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.12.15

ity ādiṣṭaḥ sva-guruṇā

bhagavān nīla-lohitaḥ

sattvākṛti-svabhāvena

sasarjātma-samāḥ prajāḥ

SYNONYMS

iti — thus; ādiṣṭaḥ — being ordered; sva-guruṇā — by his own spiritual master; bhagavān — the most powerful; nīla-lohitaḥ — Rudra, whose color is mixed blue and red; sattva — power; ākṛti — bodily features; svabhāvena — and with a very furious mode of nature; sasarja — created; ātma-samāḥ — like his own prototype; prajāḥ — generations.

TRANSLATION

The most powerful Rudra, whose bodily color was blue mixed with red, created many offspring exactly resembling him in features, strength and furious nature.

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