CC Ādi 10.137
Bengali
মাধবী–দেবী—শিখিমাহিতির ভগিনী ।
শ্রীরাধার দাসীমধ্যে যাঁর নাম গণি ॥ ১৩৭ ॥
শ্রীরাধার দাসীমধ্যে যাঁর নাম গণি ॥ ১৩৭ ॥
Verse text
mādhavī-devī — śikhi-māhitira bhaginī
śrī-rādhāra dāsī-madhye yāṅra nāma gaṇi
śrī-rādhāra dāsī-madhye yāṅra nāma gaṇi
Synonyms
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.