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Creation of the Kumāras and Others
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TEXT 12
मन्युर्मनुर्महिनसो महाञ्छिव ऋतभ्वजः । उग्ररेता भवः कालो वामदेवो धृतव्रतः ॥१२॥
manyur manur mahinaso mahān chiva ṛtadhvajaḥ ugraretā bhavaḥ kālo vāmadevo dhṛtavrataḥ
manyuḥ, manuḥ, mahinasaḥ, mahān, śivaḥ, ṛtadhvajaḥ, ugraretāḥ, bhavaḥ, kālaḥ, vāmadevaḥ, dhṛtavrataḥ—all names of Rudra.
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahmā said: My dear boy Rudra, you have eleven other names: Manyu, Manu, Mahinasa, Mahān, Śiva, ṛtadhvaja, Ugraretā, Bhava, Kāla, Vāmadeva and Dhṛtavrata.
TEXT 13
धीर्धृतिरसलोमा च नियुत्सर्पिरिलाम्बिका । इरावती स्वधा दीक्षा रुद्राण्यो रुद्र ते स्त्रियः ॥१३॥
dhīr dhṛti-rasalomā ca niyut sarpir ilāmbikā irāvatī svadhā dīkṣā rudrāṇyo rudra te striyaḥ
dhīḥ, dhṛti, rasalā, umā, niyut, sarpiḥ, ilā, ambikā, irāvatī, svadhā, dīkṣā, rudrāṇyaḥ—the eleven Rudrāṇīs; rudra—O Rudra; te—unto you; striyaḥ—wives.
TRANSLATION
O Rudra, you also have eleven wives, called the Rudrāṇīs, and they are as follows: Dhī, Dhṛti, Rasalā, Umā, Niyut, Sarpi, Ilā, Ambikā, Irāvatī, Svadhā and Dīkṣā.
TEXT 14
गृहाणैतानि नामानि स्थानानि च सयोषणः । एभिः सृज प्रजा बह्वीः प्रजानामसि यत्पतिः ॥१४॥