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Sikhi Mahiti always engaged in serving the Lord in his mind. One night, while he
was rendering such service, he fell asleep, and while he was asleep his brother and
sister came to awaken him. At that time he was in full ecstasy because he was having
a wonderful dream that Lord Caitanya, while visiting the temple of Jagannatha,
was entering and again coming out of the body of Jagannatha and looking at the
Jagannatha Deity. Thus as soon as he awakened he embraced his brother and sister
and informed them, ‘‘My dear brother and sister, | have had a wonderful dream that
| shall now explain to you. The activities of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the son of
Mother Saci, are certainly most wonderful. | saw that Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
while visiting the temple of Jagannatha, was entering the body of Jagannatha and
again coming out of His body. | am still seeing the same dream. Do you think |
have become deranged? | am still seeing the same dream! And the most wonderful
thing is that as soon as | came near Caitanya Mahaprabhu, He embraced me with
His long arms.’’ As he spoke to his brother and sister in this way, Sikhi Mahiti’s
voice faltered, and there were tears in his eyes. Thus the brothers and sister went
to the temple of Jagannatha, and there they saw Lord Caitanya in Jagamohana,
looking at the beauty of Sri Jagannatha Deity just as in Sikhi Mahiti’s dream. The
Lord was so magnanimous that immediately He embraced Sikhi Mahiti, exclaiming,
“You are the elder brother of Murari!’’ Being thus embraced, Sikhi Mahiti felt
ecstatic transcendental bliss. Thus he and his brother and sister always engaged in
rendering service to the Lord. Murari Mahiti, the youngest brother of Sikhi Mahiti,
is described in the Madhya-lila, Chapter Ten, verse 44.
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madhavi-devi—Ssikhi-mahitira bhagini
$ri-radhara dasi-madhye yanra nama gani
SYNONYMS
madhavi-devi-of the name Madhavidevi, sikhi-mahitira—of Sikhi Mahiti;
bhagini—sister; $ri-radhara—of Srimati Radharani; dasi-madhye—amongst the maid-
servants; yanra—whose; nama—name; gani—count.
TRANSLATION
Madhavidevi, the seventeenth of the prominent devotees, was the younger sister
of Sikhi Mahiti. She is considered to have formerly been a maidservant of Srimati
Radharani.
PURPORT
In the Antya-lila of Caitanya-caritamrta, Chapter Two, verses 104-106, there is a
description of Madhavidevi. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu considered her to be one of
