Viṣṇusahasranāmastotram · Śloka 21

Name 72

माधवः

mādhavah

īshānah prānadah prāno jyeshthah shreshthah prajāpatih | hiranyagarbho bhūgarbho mādhavo madhusūdanah || 21 ||

Śaṅkara

Meaning

मायाः श्रियाः धवः पतिः माधवः; मधुविद्यावबोध्यत्वाद्वा । 'मौनाद्ध्यानाच्च योगाच्च विद्धि भारत माधवम्' इति व्यासवचनाद्वा माधवः ।

māyāḥ śriyāḥ dhavaḥ patiḥ mādhavaḥ; madhuvidyāvabodhyatvādvā | 'maunāddhyānācca yogācca viddhi bhārata mādhavam' iti vyāsavacanādvā mādhavaḥ |

Read it in place, with the English