Devas said: Obeisance to you the devotee of Rudra, to one engaged in the japa of Rudra mantras; obeisance to one who destroys the agony of the devotees of Rudra; obeisance to you engaged in rites pleasing to Rudra; obeisance to the leader of Kūṣmāṇḍa; obeisance to the lord of yogins; to the bestower of everything; to one worthy of being sought refuge in; to the omniscient one; to the dispeller of agony; to the lord of the Vedas; obeisance to one comprehensible only through the Vedas; obeisance to one wielding thunderbolt; to one whose curved fangs are adamantine; to one who renders the thunderbolt of Indra ineffective; to one whose body is bedecked in diamonds; to one propitiated by Indra, the wielder of thunderbolt; obeisance to the Rakta (red coloured); to one with red eyes; to the wearer of red garments; obeisance to one who bestows the world of Rudra to those who are devoted to his lotus-like feet. Obeisance to the commander of the armies; to the lord of Rudras; to the lord of goblins and to the lord of the worlds; obeisance to the dispeller of sins; obeisance to Rudra, to Rudrapati (Lord of the Rudras); obeisance to Śiva; obeisance to the gentle one; obeisance to you who are the devotee of Rudra.