Then Brahman handed over that sharp weapon to the blue-throated Rudra who has for his emblem the foremost of bulls, for empowering him to suppress irreligion and sin.
ततः स शितिकण्ठाय रुद्रायाभिकेतवे॥ ब्रह्मा ददावसिं तीक्ष्णमधर्मप्रतिवारणम्।