Shloka 22

Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)

Devanagari script

क्षणेनैवाभवत्‌ सर्वमद्भुतं मधुसूदन

Transliteration

kṣaṇenaivābhavat sarvam adbhutaṃ madhusūdana

Translation

Nārada said: “In a single instant, O Madhusūdana, everything became wondrous.”

Word by Word

• क्षणेन: in a moment; by (means of) a moment
• क्षणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: indeed; just; only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अभवत्: became; happened
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• सर्वम्: all; everything
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful; marvelous
• अद्भुतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मधुसूदन: O Madhusūdana (slayer of Madhu)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the suddenness with which extraordinary change can occur, implying that events may swiftly turn ‘wondrous’ through divine power or the unfolding of destiny, inviting humility and reverence toward higher agency.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses Kṛṣṇa as Madhusūdana and reports that, in an instant, the entire situation transformed into something astonishing—marking a dramatic, miraculous, or unexpectedly favorable turn within the ongoing account.