mAaDhaVo.mADhUh....

mAaDhaVo.mADhUh....

Madhu + Ripu = Madhuripu.

Madhu means honey and Ripu means enemy.
Madhuripu means the enemy of honey.

What is the liaison between honey and enemy?

Here we have to understand this concept in a spiritual way.

Who are the enemies of Lord Vishnu? > Asuras!

Madhu is one of the several thousand names of Lord Vishnu; > MaDhusUudana (sloka # 8); > mAaDhaVo.mADhUh (sloka # 18) of Sri Vishnu Sahasranaama Stothram;

the one who is the slayer of the demon MADHU;

Lord Vishnu in His incarnation as Hayagreeva has killed the demons Madhu & Kaitabha to restore the lost Vedas stolen from Lord Brahma. We find a reference to this in Sri MadBhagavatham in 2nd and 7th Canto.

Madhu-Kaitabha are personification of passion and ignorance and Lord Vishnu as Hayagreeva is the Supreme God of Knowledge and destroyer of ignorance.

In Sri Vishnu Sahasranama stothram sloka # 88 we find Lord Vishnu being described as > Shatrujit – Shatrutapanah;

that means He is the destroyer of all evil forces; 

who can conquer any army; 

who is a terror and 

who can create panic in the enemy camp.

Such a Lord, Vishnu is not only the slayer of external enemies but also the destroyer of internal enemies’ viz. the Arishadvargas. He is an Ari (Shatru) to Arishadvargas.

Whoever follows the path of Adharma (Asuras) are enemies (Ripu) of Lord Vishnu.

He is “Madhavo-Madhusuudana”, the one who is as sweet and delicious as Honey (Madhu); the one who is a great nourisher.

Sri Krushnaarpanamasthu
Hari Sarvottama-Vaayu Jeevottama
Sri GuruRaajoVijayate