Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.12.10
यदरोदी: सुरश्रेष्ठ सोद्वेग इव बालक: ।
ततस्त्वामभिधास्यन्ति नाम्ना रुद्र इति प्रजा: ॥ १० ॥
yad arodīḥ sura-śreṣṭha
[yad arodeeh sura-shreshtha]
sodvega iva bālakaḥ
[sodvega iva baalakah]
tatas tvām abhidhāsyanti
[tatas tvaam abhidhaasyanti]
nāmnā rudra iti prajāḥ
[naamnaa rudra iti prajaah]
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yad arodīḥ sura-śreṣṭha
yat
as much as
arodīḥ
cried loudly
sura-śreṣṭha
O chief of the demigods
sa-udvegaḥ
with great anxiety
sodvega iva bālakaḥ
iva
like
bālakaḥ
a boy
tatas tvām abhidhāsyanti
tataḥ
therefore
tvām
you
abhidhāsyanti
will call
nāmnā rudra iti prajāḥ
nāmnā
by the name
rudraḥ
Rudra
iti
thus
prajāḥ
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.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
O best of the devatās! Because you cried out in anxiety as a child the people will call you Rudra.
Personal Guidance
Rudra gets his name from the act of crying. Our identities are partly forged by what we did at our most vulnerable moments. The Lord and His representatives can sanctify even our distress into a name.
Reflection Questions
- What name has my crying earned me, and is it the name I want to grow into?
- How can I let an old cry become a doorway rather than a label of shame?
My note
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