Use of the name Madhusudan in Valmiki Ramayana 15:32 Balakanda

[Shashi Joshi]

Namaste all.

I have a question regarding shloka from Ramayana.

bAlakANDa 15:32

तदा देव ऋषि गन्धर्वाः स रुद्राः स अप्सरो गणाः |
स्तुतिभिः दिव्य रूपाभिः तुष्टुवुः मधुसूदनम् || १-१५-३२

Here, I want to know how old is the name madhusUdana?

• madhusUdana is Vishnu's name for killing asura named madhu
• It is normally used to refer to Krishna, and not Rama
• Ramayana is older than Mahabharata
• Balakanda and Uttarakanda of Ramayana are considered by many to be later addition to the original hero Story

So my question is:

1. Is Vishnu addressed as Madhusudan before the story of Krishna avatara developed?

2. Any chronology of Devi Mahatmya with respect to Valmiki Ramayan and Mahabharata?

Dhanyavada!

Thanks,

~ Shashikant

[Raghav K]

Namaste

The names of God are eternal. Even if we want to assign a chronology to His names, at the beginning creation when Lord Brahma lost the Vedas being stolen by the demons Madhu and Kaitaba, Lord Sri Maha Vishnu appeared as Hayagriva and killed the demons and restored the Vedas to Lord Brahma. This is mentioned in the Mahabharata. Thus, this incident can be said to predate the Ramayana.

Kind regards,

Raghav 

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