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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.12.10
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TEXT 10
- yad arodīḥ sura-śreṣṭha
- sodvega iva bālakaḥ
- tatas tvām abhidhāsyanti
- nāmnā rudra iti prajāḥ
yatas much as — as much as; arodīḥcried loudly — cried loudly; suraO chief of the demigods-śreṣṭhaO chief of the demigods — O chief of the demigods; sawith great anxiety-udvegaḥwith great anxiety — with great anxiety; ivalike — like; bālakaḥa boy — a boy; tataḥtherefore — therefore; tvāmyou — you; abhidhāsyantiwill call — will call; nāmnāby the name — by the name; rudraḥRudra — Rudra; itithus — thus; prajāḥpeople — people.
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.