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.

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.