It took 41 long years....

.. to know the correct meaning and origin of the word Madhusoodana.
As providence has it, in this evening's Gita + sanskrit class, i not only got the definition and also the authority. Certainly the best gift I can hope for on my birthday and more so when earleir part of the day had more of miseries than joy!
मधुसूदनः = मधुं (तन्नामकं ) दैत्यं सूदयति इति मधुसूदनः
मधु + सूद + णिच (सवार्थे ) + ल्यु (अन)
सूदनं मधुदैत्यस्य यस्मात् स मधुसूदनः {ब्रह्मवैवर्त पुराणे -११०}