And because he burns and oppresses, is keen and fierce, and gifted with great energy, and is engaged in cating flesh and blood and marrow, that he is called Rudra.
यन्निर्दहति यत्तीक्ष्णो यदुनो यत् प्रतापवान्। मांसशोणितमज्जादो यत् ततो रुद्र उच्यते॥