Shloka 16
तस्य तात वधात् सर्वे देवदानवमानवा: । मधुसूदनमित्याहुरऋषभं सर्वसात्वताम्,तात! उस मधुका वध करनेके कारण ही सम्पूर्ण देवता, दानव और मानव--इन सर्वसात्वतशिरोमणि श्रीकृष्णको मधुसूदन कहते हैं
tasya tāta vadhāt sarve devadānavamānavāḥ | madhusūdanam ity āhur ṛṣabhaṃ sarvasāttvatām ||
اے عزیز! مدھو کو قتل کرنے کے سبب ہی دیوتا، دانَو اور انسان—سب—سارے ساتوتوں میں برتر، ورشنی کُل کے شِرومَنی شری کرشن کو ‘مدھوسودن’ (مدھو کا قاتل) کہتے ہیں۔
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A noble act that removes a harmful power becomes a lasting ethical identity: Krishna is remembered as ‘Madhusūdana’ because his deed protected the world, and this recognition is so evident that even diverse groups—devas, dānavas, and humans—affirm it.
Bhishma explains the origin of Krishna’s epithet ‘Madhusūdana’: it arose from Krishna’s slaying of the being named Madhu, after which all classes of beings came to call him by that title, honoring him as the foremost among the Sāttvatas.