mahāñ chiva ṛtadhvajaḥ
manyur manur mahinaso
mahāñ chiva ṛtadhvajaḥ
ugraretā bhavaḥ kālo
vāmadevo dhṛtavrataḥ
You have eleven other names: Manyu, Manu, Mahinasa, Mahān, Śiva, Ṛtadhvaja, Ugraretā, Bhava, Kāla, Vāmadeva and Dhṛtavrata.
This verse described the names of the eleven Rudras.
|| 3.12.13 ||
dhīr dhṛti-rasalomā ca
niyut sarpir ilāmbikā
irāvatī svadhā dīkṣā
rudrāṇyo rudra te striyaḥ
O Rudra! You also have eleven wives, called the Rudrāṇīs: Dhī, Dhṛti, Rasalā, Umā, Niyut, Sarpi, Ilā, Ambikā, Irāvatī, Svadhā and Dīkṣā.
These are the names of the eleven śaktis of the eleven Rudras.
|| 3.12.14 ||
gṛhāṇaitāni nāmāni
sthānāni ca sa-yoṣaṇaḥ
ebhiḥ sṛja prajā bahvīḥ
prajānām asi yat patio
Accept the names and places designated for you along with your wives. Since you are now one of the masters of the living entities, create progeny on a large scale.
Inhabit these places along with your wives (sayoṣaṇaḥ). Having these places and names, create progeny.
|| 3.12.15 ||
ity ādiṣṭaḥ sva-guruṇā
bhagavān nīla-lohitaḥ
sattvākṛti-svabhāvena
sasarjātma-samāḥ prajāḥ
Ordered in this way by his guru, Rudra created offspring similar to himself in strength, form and fierce nature.
He created progeny with similar nature of violence (svabhavena), similar form of blue and red (ākṛti) and similar strength (sattva).
|| 3.12.16 ||
rudrāṇāṁ rudra-sṛṣṭānāṁ
samantād grasatāṁ jagat
niśāmyāsaṅkhyaśo yūthān
prajāpatir aśaṅkata
Seeing the unlimited groups of progeny created by Rudra, who were attempting to devour the universe, Brahmā became worried.
Seeing groups of Rudras created by Rudra (rudra-sṛṣṭānām) Brahmā became afraid.
|| 3.12.17 ||
alaṁ prajābhiḥ sṛṣṭābhir
īdṛśībhiḥ surottama
mayā saha dahantībhir
diśaś cakṣurbhir ulbaṇaiḥ
O best of the devatās! It is not necessary to create such progeny who burn up the directions along with me by their fiery glance.
|| 3.12.18||
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