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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.201
পতিব্রতা-শিরোমণি জনক-নন্দিনী ।
জগতের মাতা সীতা — রামের গৃহিণী ॥ ২০১ ॥
pativratā-śiromaṇi janaka-nandinī
jagatera mātā sītā — rāmera gṛhiṇī
Śrīmatī Sītādevī is the mother of the three worlds and the wife of Lord Rāmacandra. Among chaste women she is supreme, and she is the daughter of King Janaka.
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Śrīmatī Sītādevī is the mother of the three worlds.
She is the wife of Lord Rāmacandra and is supreme among chaste women.
She is the daughter of King Janaka.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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:
He also visited Rāmeśvara, where He collected some papers connected with Sītādevī, whose illusory form had been kidnapped by Rāvaṇa. The Lord next visited the places known as Pāṇḍya-deśa, the Tāmraparṇī River, Naya-tripati, Ciyaḍatalā, Tila-kāñcī, Gajendra-mokṣaṇa, Pānāgaḍi, Cāmtāpura, Śrī Vaikuṇṭha, Malaya-parvata and Kanyā-kumārī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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