Text 11] Creation of the Kumaras and Others 449

yat—as much as; arodih—cried loudly; sura-srestha—O chief of the demi-
gods; sodvegah—with great anxiety; iva—like; balakah —a boy; tatah—there-
fore; tuam—you; abhidhasyanti—will call; namnad—by the name; rudra—
Rudra; iti—thus; prajah—people.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter Brahma said: O chief of the demigods, you shall be called by
the name Rudra by all people because you have so anxiously cried.

TEXT 11

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hrd indriyany asur vyoma

vayur agnir jalam mahi

suryas candras tapas caiva

sthanany agre krtani te
hrt—the heart; indriyani—the senses; asuh—life air; vyoma—the sky;
vayuh—the air; agnih—fire; jalam—water; mahi—the earth; suryah—the sun;
candrah—the moon; tapah—austerity; ca—as well as; eva—certainly;
sthanani—all these places; agre—hereinbefore; krtani—already made; te—

for your.

TRANSLATION

My dear boy, I have already selected the following places for your
residence: the heart, the senses, the air of life, the sky, the air, the fire, the
water, the earth, the sun, the moon and austerity.

PURPORT

The creation of Rudra from between the eyebrows of Brahma as the
result of his anger, generated from the mode of passion partly touched by
ignorance, is very significant. In Bhagavad-gita the principle of Rudra is
described (Bg. 3.37). Krodha (anger) is the product of kama (lust), which
is the result of the mode of passion. When lust and hankering are unsatis-
fied, the element of krodha appears, which is the formidable enemy of the
conditioned soul. This most sinful and inimical passion is represented as
ahankara, or the false egocentric attitude of thinking oneself to be all in
all. Such an egocentric attitude on the part of the conditioned soul, who
