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CC Ādi 10.137

Bengali

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

Text

mādhavī-devī — śikhi-māhitira bhaginī
śrī-rādhāra dāsī-madhye yāṅra nāma gaṇi

Synonyms

mādhavī-devī — Mādhavīdevī; śikhi-māhitira — of Śikhi Māhiti; bhaginī — sister; śrī-rādhāra — of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; dāsī-madhye — amongst the maidservants; yāṅra — whose; nāma — name; gaṇi — count.

Translation

Mādhavīdevī, the seventeenth of the prominent devotees, was the younger sister of Śikhi Māhiti. She is considered to have formerly been a maidservant of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

Purport

In the Antya-līlā of Caitanya-caritāmṛta, chapter two, verses 104-106, there is a description of Mādhavīdevī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu considered her one of the maidservants of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Within this world, Caitanya Mahāprabhu had three and a half very confidential devotees. The three were Svarūpa Gosāñi, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya and Śikhi Māhiti, and Śikhi Māhiti’s sister, Mādhavīdevī, being a woman, was considered the half. Thus it is known that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had three and a half confidential devotees.