Ādi 10.137

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মাধবী-দেবী-শিখিমাহিতির ভগিনী ।
শ্রীরাধার দাসীমধ্যে যাঁর নাম গণি ॥ ১৩৭ ॥

madhavi-devi-sikhi-mahitira bhagini

sri-radhara dasi-madhye yaṅra nama gani

SYNONYMS

madhavi-devi-of the name Madhavidevi; sikhi-mahitira-of Sikhi Mahiti; bhagini-sister; sri-radhara-of Srimati Radharani; dasi-madhye-amongst the maidservants; yaṅra-whose; nama-name; gani-count.

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 to be 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 to be the half. Thus it is known that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had three and a half confidential devotees.

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