# SB 3.12.15 > इत्यादिष्टः स्वगुरुणा भगवान्नीललोहितः । > सत्त्वाकृतिस्वभावेन ससर्जात्मसमाः प्रजाः ॥१५॥ ## Text > ity ādiṣṭaḥ sva-guruṇā > bhagavān nīla-lohitaḥ > sattvākṛti-svabhāvena > sasarjātma-samāḥ prajāḥ ## Synonyms *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. ## Translation **The most powerful Rudra, whose bodily color was blue mixed with red, created many offspring exactly resembling him in features, strength and furious nature.**