|
TEXT 137
madhavi-devi--sikhi-mahitira bhagini
sri-radhara dasi-madhye yanra nama gani
SYNONYMS
madhavi-deviof the name Madhavidevi; sikhi-mahitiraof Sikhi Mahiti; bhaginisister; sri-radharaof Srimati Radharani; dasi-madhyeamongst the maidservants; yanrawhose; namaname; ganicount.
TRANSLATION
Madhavidevi, the seventeenth of the prominent devotees, was the younger sister of Sikhi Mahiti. She is considered to have formerly been a maidservant of Srimati Radharani.
PURPORT
In the Antya-lila of Caitanya-caritamrta, Chapter Two, verses 104-106, there is a description of Madhavidevi. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu considered her one of the maidservants of Srimati Radharani. Within this world, Caitanya Mahaprabhu had three and a half very confidential devotees. The three were Svarupa Gosani, Sri Ramananda Raya and Sikhi Mahiti, and Sikhi Mahiti's sister, Madhavidevi, being a woman, was considered the half. Thus it is known that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had three and a half confidential devotees.
Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/cc/adi/10/137 Previous: Adi 10.135-136 Next: Adi 10.138
|