### SB 3.12.15

> इत्यादिष्टः स्वगुरुणा भगवान्नीललोहितः ।\
> सत्त्वाकृतिस्वभावेन ससर्जात्मसमाः प्रजाः ॥१५॥

> ity ādiṣṭaḥ sva-guruṇā\
> bhagavān nīla-lohitaḥ\
> sattvākṛti-svabhāvena\
> sasarjātma-samāḥ prajāḥ

*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.

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