Shloka 42
Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)
किमर्थ च पुनर्देव प्रकृतिस्थस्त्वया कृत: । तथैव द्रुमसंच्छन्न: कृतोडयं ते पिता मम
kimartha ca punar deva prakṛtisthas tvayā kṛtaḥ | tathaiva drumasaṃchannaḥ kṛto 'ḍayaṃ te pitā mama
ナーラダは言った。「いかなる理由により、神なる御方よ、あなたは彼をその本来の状態のままに留め置かれたのですか。さらに同じように、わが父を樹々の覆いの下に隠すようになさったのはなぜですか。」
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds ethical inquiry into divine causality: Nārada questions why a being was left in its natural condition and why his father was concealed, implying that even divine actions invite scrutiny regarding purpose, justice, and the moral logic behind events.
Nārada addresses a divine figure and asks for the reason behind two actions: (1) someone being kept ‘in their natural state’ (prakṛtistha), and (2) Nārada’s father being made ‘covered by trees’ (drumasaṃchanna), i.e., hidden or obscured—seeking an explanation for these circumstances.