Shloka 7
The Slaying of Madhu
Establishment of the Name ‘Madhusūdana’
मायया छादितः सोभूद्दैत्यस्तं सुरसत्तमाः । ये वै शूराश्च रुद्राद्यास्त्रिदशास्सत्त्वधारिणः
māyayā chāditaḥ sobhūddaityastaṃ surasattamāḥ | ye vai śūrāśca rudrādyāstridaśāssattvadhāriṇaḥ
那位大阿修罗被幻力（māyā）所遮蔽。于是诸天中最尊胜者——以鲁陀罗为首的英勇三十三天众，持守萨埵（sattva）之德——前来对视并应对他。
Narrator (contextual voice; exact interlocutors not specified in this single verse)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: सोभूद् = सः अभूत्; दैत्यस्तं = दैत्यः तम्; रुद्राद्याः = रुद्र-आद्याः; त्रिदशास्सत्त्वधारिणः = त्रिदशाः सत्त्व-धारिणः.
FAQs
Māyā functions as a concealing power that veils the Daitya, implying that perception and recognition can be obscured even in divine-asuric conflicts.
“Tridaśa” is a common Purāṇic term for the gods (traditionally ‘thirty’), here described as heroic and led by Rudra.
It highlights the ideal of sattva—clarity, purity, steadiness—as a divine quality, suggesting that right action and discernment are grounded in sattvic disposition.