Namashte- Madhusoodana

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Dear All,

 

" When you are sad, think of Him as Madhusoodana "

 

Now comes our Madhusoodana who is capable of " killing " all our

sorrows. I am delighted to say more about Him.

 

The literal meaning of Madhusoodana is " Slayer of the demon Madhu " .

After killing Madhusoodana, he bestowed happiness on devotees and all

good people. There is some inner meaning to this. It is very easy for

us to be arrogant with out even realizing that we are arrogant.

Madhusoodana is the one who can help us destroy the demon with in us

namely arrogance. This naamam Madhusoodana eliminates ego from our

mind and act as a powerful cleaner of our mind.

 

Swami Chinmayaananda indicates that madhu is a term used in vedaanta

to refer to the fruits of actions. Since Bhagavaan destroys the

effects of the fruits of actions of those who meditate on Him, He is

Madhusoodana.

 

Now we will try to connect this name to our theme using a verse from

Bhagavad Gita, Second chapter, beginning sloka.

 

sanjaya uvaca:

 

tam tatha kripayavistam

asru-purnakuleksanam

visidantam idam vakyam

uvaca madhusudanah

 

Meaning of this sloka is " Sanjaya tells [Dhritharaashtra]: To Arjuna

who out of mercy has a perturbed mind and whose eyes are brimming with

tears, Madhusoodana spoke these sentences " .

 

Lord killed two demons, Madhu and Kaitabha. The symbolism of calling

the Lord with the name Madhusoodana can be interpreted in two ways:

We can say that demons Madhu and Kaitabha represents kaamam and

Krodham in us. (desire and anger). It can be taken as Rajoguna (

mental state of anger, pride and desire) and Thamoguna (mental state

of ignorance, laziness and all other negative qualities) also. So

Madhusoodana eradicates all these negative qualities which are the

root causes of our sorrow from our mind. So chanting the name of

Vishnu as Madhusoodana is appropriate when you are sad and Lord

removes not only the sorrow, but also the root causes of our sorrow.

 

He fills our mind with satwa gunam and all positive qualities and

recharge us with all the energy to go forward, just like He did with

Arjuna. Sad and thoroughly confused Arjuna stood in front of

Madusoodana and His powerful words jolted him like a thunderbolt and

he emerged with all enthusiasm, spirit and optimism.

 

Knowing the potential of the name Madhussoodana to wipe out sadness,

ignorance and fear, Vedavyaasa Maharshi used this name in the above

verse. So any time we feel sad, helpless and unable to take a

decision, It is very appropriate to remember Madhussoodana.

 

Let Lord Madhusoodana guide us through all the dilemmas of life and

bless us to take right decisions at the right time and May he destroy

the root causes of all our sorrows.

 

Regards and prayers

 

savitri

 

P.S. Please feel free to correct any mistakes or misunderstanding of mine.