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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.104
মাহিতির ভগিনী সেই, নাম — মাধবী-দেবী ।
বৃদ্ধা তপস্বিনী আর পরমা বৈষ্ণবী ॥ ১০৪ ॥
māhitira bhaginī sei, nāma — mādhavī-devī
vṛddhā tapasvinī āra paramā vaiṣṇavī
Śikhi Māhiti’s sister was named Mādhavī-devī. She was an elderly lady who always performed austerities. She was very advanced in devotional service.
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Śikhi Māhiti’s sister was named Mādhavī-devī.
She was an elderly lady who always performed austerities.
The verse explicitly describes her as very advanced in devotional service.
Sorrow and uncompromising discipline. Junior Haridāsa’s exclusion and death present an ethically painful episode.
The mood of Antya 2 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
A devotee named Bhagavān Ācārya was exceptionally faithful to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Nevertheless, his brother, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Ācārya, discoursed upon the commentary of impersonalism (Māyāvāda).Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I notice and appreciate steady devotional service in others?
Take a moment today to appreciate an elderly devotee’s dedication to devotional service.
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