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CC Madhya 16.57 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 57

prabhura priya-vyañjana saba rāndhena mālinī
'bhaktye dāsī'-abhimāna, 'snehete jananī'


SYNONYMS

prabhura—of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; priya-vyañjana—favorite vegetables; saba—all; rāndhena—cooks; mālinī—the wife of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura; bhaktye dāsī—in devotion she was just like a maidservant; abhimāna—it was her conception; snehete—in affection; jananī—exactly like a mother.


TRANSLATION

The Lord's favorite vegetables were cooked by Mālinīdevī, the wife of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. She devotedly considered herself a maidservant of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's, but in affection she was just like a mother.