# SB 3.12.10 > यदरोदीः सुरश्रेष्ठ सोद्वेग इव बालकः । > ततस्त्वामभिधास्यन्ति नाम्ना रुद्र इति प्रजाः ॥१०॥ ## Text > yad arodīḥ sura-śreṣṭha > sodvega iva bālakaḥ > tatas tvām abhidhāsyanti > nāmnā rudra iti prajāḥ ## Synonyms *yat*—as much as; *arodīḥ*—cried loudly; *sura*-*śreṣṭha*—O chief of the demigods; *sa*-*udvegaḥ*—with great anxiety; *iva*—like; *bālakaḥ*—a boy; *tataḥ*—therefore; *tvām*—you; *abhidhāsyanti*—will call; *nāmnā*—by the name; *rudraḥ*—Rudra; *iti*—thus; *prajāḥ*—people. ## Translation **Thereafter Brahmā said: O chief of the demigods, you shall be called by the name Rudra by all people because you have so anxiously cried.**