452 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 12

grhanaitani namani
sthanani ca sayosanah

ebhih srja praja bahvih
prajanam asi yat patih

grhana—just accept; etani—all these; namani— different names; sthanani—
as well as places; ca—also; sa-yosanah—along with wives; ebhih—with them;
srja—just generate; prajah—progeny; bahvih—on a large scale; prajanam—
of the living entities; asi—you are; yat—since; patih—the master.

TRANSLATION

My dear boy, you can now accept all the names and places designated
for you and your different wives, and since you are now one of the masters
of the living entities, you may increase the population on a large scale.

PURPORT

Brahma, as the father of Rudra, selected the wives of his son, his living
places, and his names as well. It is natural that one should accept the wife
selected by one’s father, just as a son accepts the name given by the father
or as he accepts the property offered by the father. That is the general
ceurse in increasing the population of the world. @n the other hand, the
Kumaras did not accept the offering of their father because they were
elevated far beyond the business of generating a great number of sons. As
the son can refuse the order of the father for higher purposes, so the
father can refuse to maintain his sons in increasing population because of

higher purposes.
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ity adistah svaguruna
bhagavan nila-lohitah

sattvakrti-svabhavena
sasarjatmasamah prajah

iti-thus; adistah—being ordered; svaguruna—by his own spiritual
master; bhagavan—the most powerful; nila-lohitah—Rudra, whose color is
mixed blue and red; sattva—power; akrti—bodily features; suabhavena—and
