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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.106
স্বরূপ গোসাঞি, আর রায় রামানন্দ ।
শিখি-মাহিতি — তিন, তাঁর ভগিনী — অর্ধজন ॥ ১০৬ ॥
svarūpa gosāñi, āra rāya rāmānanda
śikhi-māhiti — tina, tāṅra bhaginī — ardha-jana
The three were Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, Rāmānanda Rāya and Śikhi Māhiti, and the half a person was Śikhi Māhiti’s sister.
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Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, Rāmānanda Rāya and Śikhi Māhiti were the three intimate devotees named here.
Śikhi Māhiti’s sister, Mādhavī-devī, is described as the half person in this count.
The neighbouring verses describe her as very advanced in devotional service and formerly an associate of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. This passage does not explain the wording of the count.
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:
Śrīla Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, the secretary of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, forbid Bhagavān Ācārya to indulge in hearing that commentary. Later, when Junior Haridāsa, following the order of Bhagavān Ācārya, went to collect alms from Mādhavīdevī, he committed an offense by talking intimately with a woman although he was in the renounced order.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.
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”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “associate”
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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Can I attend carefully to this unusual wording while remembering the text’s clear praise of Mādhavī-devī?
Write down the names of the four devotees mentioned in this intimate circle.
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