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very curious request was made by Vishnu for a boon, stating that he wanted to be known as
the vanquisher of Madhu and Kaitabha. The demons were bewildered by the nature of the
request. As the promise of giving a boon was to be fulfilled, Madhu and Kaitabha requested
Vishnu to annihilate them by placing them at a place where there was no water. Apparently
the demons thought that in the condition of the deluge it would be impossible to find a
place without water. They forgot that they were
dealing with Vishnu, their creator, and wanted to play a clever trick. Vishnu was too
shrewd for the
ingenuity showed by the demons, immediately clasped them to his wide chest, squeezed out
their blood, and choked them to death. Thus he got the name as the annihilator of Madhu
and Kaitabha.
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