Murari Mahiti

Murari Mahiti

   Murari Mahiti is younger brother of Sikhi Mahiti. His sister is Madhavi Devi.  Murari Mahiti constantly associated with Chaitanya Mahaprabhu while He resided in Jagannatha Puri.

All three were unalloyed Devotees of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu who could not forget Him for a moment of their lives.

   Murari Mahiti is the younger brother of Sikhi Mahiti.

murari mahati inha-sikhi-mahatira bhai

tomara carana vinu ara gati nai

(C.C.2.10.44)

   “This is Murari Mahiti, the brother of Sikhi Mahiti. He has nothing other than Your lotus feet." 

“This is Murari Mahiti, the brother of Sikhi Mahiti. He has nothing other than Your lotus feet." (In the image: The lotus feet of Shri Gaurachandra, ISKCON Chowpatty, Mumbai).

prataparudra raja, ara odhra krsnananda

paramananda mahapatra, odhra sivananda

bhagavan acarya, brahmanandakhya bharati

sri-sikhi mahiti, ara murari mahiti

(C.C. 1.10.135-136)

   King Prataparudra of Orissa, the Oriya Devotees Krishnananda and Shivananda, and Paramananda Mahapatra, Bhagavan Acharya, Brahmananda Bharati, Shri Sikhi Mahiti and Murari Mahiti constantly associated with Chaitanya Mahaprabhu while He resided in Jagannatha Puri.

   Chaitanya Mahaprabhu had three and a half very confidential Devotees. The three are mentioned below.

svarupa gosañi, ara raya ramananda

sikhi-mahiti—tina, tanra bhagini—ardha-jana

(C.C.3.2.106)

   The three were Svarupa Damodara Goswami, Ramananda Raya and Sikhi Mahiti, and the half a person was Sikhi Mahiti’s sister.

   In the Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika (189) Murari Mahiti's brother and sister are described as follows. Sikhi Mahiti was formerly an assistant of Shrimati Radharani named Ragalekha. His sister Madhavi was also an assistant of Shrimati Radharani and was named Kalakeli.