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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.137
মাধবী–দেবী—শিখিমাহিতির ভগিনী ।
শ্রীরাধার দাসীমধ্যে যাঁর নাম গণি ॥ ১৩৭ ॥
mādhavī-devī — śikhi-māhitira bhaginī
śrī-rādhāra dāsī-madhye yāṅra nāma gaṇi
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.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Mādhavīdevī was the younger sister of Śikhi Māhiti and the seventeenth of the prominent devotees.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu considered her one of the maidservants of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
The purport names Svarūpa Gosāñi, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya, Śikhi Māhiti and Mādhavīdevī as the Lord’s very confidential devotees. It uses the count “three and a half,” counting Mādhavīdevī as the half because she was a woman.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Belonging and gratitude. Many devotees become branches of one living network of devotion.
The mood of Ādi 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
This chapter describes the branches of the tree named Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Back to this verse in Ādi 10
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about Mādhavīdevī’s relationship with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and her place among the Lord’s confidential devotees?
Write one sentence recalling how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu regarded Mādhavīdevī.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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