In plain words
So, they say, he described Kṛṣṇa. God alone is able to subdue Ahaṅkāra. It is precisely for subduing Ahaṅkāra that He was given the name Madhusūdana. Madhusūdana: since He is the one who slew the demon called ‘Madhu’, that is the meaning of Madhusūdana. But that meaning is not to be taken here. Madhu means something sweeter than honey. That which is sweet. For man, Ahaṅkāra itself is the sweetest thing of all. It is precisely because He slays man's sweet Ahaṅkāra that He came by the name Madhusūdana. God, who is madhu by nature and sweet, became Madhusūdana by slaying man's sweet Ahaṅkāra. He remains madhu Himself. What He slew was madhu itself. So, because madhu itself slew the thing called madhu, His name is Madhusūdana. Since God alone slays the Ahaṅkāra that is so very sweet to us, only when we trust in such a God, cast off Ahaṅkāra and set foot in our work, whether in a life of service or with the sacred aim of pleasing God, the honour fitting it, the respect fitting it: God Himself sees to it, He Himself, what authority to give to which person, at what moment and at what time. But Śaṅkara's words have been teaching that we must set about the effort of driving these four thieves, the bad qualities, away from us. We have been hearing every day, in some measure, the 31 ślokas of Bhaja Govindam too. Some of them are not fit to be spoken of in this gathering. Though in his eyes they were in some measure excellent, because they are somewhat unsuited to this time and to these circumstances, I am leaving these ślokas aside. Taking up the rest, I will then discuss with you all the matters you need, root out completely the doubts that are in you, drive them away, make you happily into servants who are joyful, steady, pure and selfless, and send each of you back to your own home. With this I end this talk; let us do nāmasmaraṇa for a while.