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91) Madhu ghaatine SrI
venkatEsaaya nama:
The Lord is the destroyer of Madhu,
a dreaded asura who stole the Vedas from BrahmA and hid them at the bottom of
the ocean. Without the Vedas, Brahma was totally lost and could not proceed
with the process of Creation. When the baffled Brahma sought the Lord's
intervention in this regard, the Lord assumed the form of a Divine Swan (the
Hamsaavataara), destroyed the asuraas known as Madhu and Kaitabha and
performed upadesa of the Veda mantras to Brahmaa again, enabling him to
proceed with Creation again.This incident is referred to in SrI VishNu sahasra
naamam in the context of the Name : "Madhusoodhanan ".
Lord Madhusudhanan has the hue of lotus and
carries four Musalams ( ulakkais) in HIs four hands.
There is also reference in
PurANaas to Lord Hayagrivan destroying asuran Madhu and restoring the VedAs to
Brahma.
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