CC Adi 10.137 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 137
- mādhavī-devī--śikhi-māhitira bhaginī
- śrī-rādhāra dāsī-madhye yāṅra nāma gaṇi
SYNONYMS
mādhavī-devī—of the name Mādhavīdevī; śikhi-māhitira—of Śikhi Māhiti; bhaginī—sister; śrī-rādhāra—of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; dāsī-madhye—amongst the maidservants; yāṅra—whose; nāma—name; gaṇi—count.
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.