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Canto 6 · Chapter 6: The Progeny of the Daughters of Dakṣa
6.6.166.6.19

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 6.6.17-18

सरूपासूत भूतस्य भार्या रुद्रांश्च कोटिश: ।

रैवतोऽजो भवो भीमो वाम उग्रो वृषाकपि: ॥ १७ ॥

अजैकपादहिर्ब्रध्नो बहुरूपो महानिति ।

रुद्रस्य पार्षदाश्चान्ये घोरा: प्रेतविनायका: ॥ १८ ॥

sarūpāsūta bhūtasya

bhāryā rudrāṁś ca koṭiśaḥ

raivato ’jo bhavo bhīmo

vāma ugro vṛṣākapiḥ

ajaikapād ahirbradhno

bahurūpo mahān iti

rudrasya pārṣadāś cānye

ghorāḥ preta-vināyakāḥ

Translation

Sarūpā, the wife of Bhūta, gave birth to the ten million Rudras, of whom the eleven principle Rudras were Raivata, Aja, Bhava, Bhīma, Vāma, Ugra, Vṛṣākapi, Ajaikapāt, Ahirbradhna, Bahurūpa and Mahān. Their associates, the ghosts and goblins, who are very fearful, were born of the other wife of Bhūta.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Rudras and Their Associates

  1. 1

    Sarūpā, the wife of Bhūta, gave birth to ten million Rudras. The translation names eleven principal Rudras.

  2. 2

    Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains that Bhūta had two wives. Sarūpā gave birth to the eleven Rudras.

  3. 3

    Bhūta’s other wife gave birth to the Rudras’ associates, the ghosts and hobgoblins. The translation describes these associates as very fearful.

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