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श्लोक - नाम क्रमांक: 73
मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ मधुसूदनाय नमः।
विवेचन:
मधु नामक दैत्याचा संहार करणारा तो मधुसूदनः. हे नाव केवळ बाह्य दुष्टशक्ती नव्हे, तर अंतःकरणातील अज्ञानाचा नाश करणारा म्हणूनही त्याची ओळख करून देते. भक्तांसाठी तो रक्षणकर्ता आणि अधर्माचा शत्रू आहे.
अर्थ:
मधु दैत्याचा वध करणारा.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Madhusudanaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *Madhu* (the demon Madhu) + *soodana* (slayer/destroyer); "The Slayer of the Demon Madhu" — a direct reference to His act of killing the demon Madhu who stole the Vedas, thereby restoring cosmic knowledge.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
**Mythological narrative<br> The Bhāgavata Purāṇa (8.5.23) and Devī Bhāgavata recount how the demons Madhu and Kaiṭabha arose from the earwax of the sleeping Viṣṇu during the ‘pralaya’ (cosmic dissolution), threatening to destroy Brahmā and the Vedas. Viṣṇu awakened (from ‘yoganidrā’) and slew both demons after a battle lasting thousands of years, thus preserving the sacred knowledge that would be needed for the next creation. The slaying of ‘Madhu’ gives Viṣṇu the name Madhusūdanaḥ. **Spiritual symbolism<br> ‘Madhu’ also means honey — sweet-tasting but potentially intoxicating. Esoterically, Madhu represents the demon of sensory pleasure — the sweet intoxication of the material world that lures the soul away from liberation. Viṣṇu as Madhusūdanaḥ is the destroyer of this sweet delusion, liberating the soul from the honey-trap of saṃsāra.