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prabhura priya-vyanjana saba randhena malini

’bhaktye dasi’-abhimana, ’snehete janani’

SYNONYMS

prabhura—of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; priya-vyanjana—favorite vegetables; saba—all; randhena—cooks; malini—the wife of Srivasa Thakura; bhaktye dasi—in devotion she was just like a maidservant; abhimana—it was her conception; snehete—in affection; janani—exactly like a mother.

The Lord’s favorite vegetables were cooked by Malinidevi, the wife of Srivasa Thakura.

She devotedly considered herself a maidservant of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s, but in affection she was just like a mother.