mahÄ-ká¹›pÄ-pÄtra prabhura jagÄi, mÄdhÄi
'patita-pÄvana' nÄmera sÄkṣī dui bhÄi

 mahÄ-ká¹›pÄ-pÄtra - object of very great mercy; prabhura - of the Lord; jagÄi mÄdhÄi - the two brothers JagÄi and MÄdhÄi; patita-pÄvana - deliverer of the fallen; nÄmera - of this name; sÄkṣī - witness; dui bhÄi - these two brothers.


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JagÄi and MÄdhÄi, the eighty-ninth and ninetieth branches of the tree, were the greatest recipients of Lord Caitanya’s mercy. These two brothers were the witnesses who proved that Lord Caitanya was rightly named Patita-pÄvana, “the deliverer of the fallen souls.â€

Purport

In the Gaura-gaṇoddeÅ›a-dÄ«pikÄ (115) it is said that the two brothers JagÄi and MÄdhÄi were formerly the doorkeepers named Jaya and Vijaya, who later became HiraṇyÄká¹£a and HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu. JagÄi and MÄdhÄi were born in respectable brÄhmaṇa families, but they adopted the professions of thieves and rogues and thus became implicated in all kinds of undesirable activities, especially woman-hunting, intoxication and gambling. Later, by the grace of Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu and ÅšrÄ« NityÄnanda Prabhu, they were initiated, and they got the chance to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahÄ-mantra. As a result of chanting, both brothers became exalted devotees of Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu. The descendants of MÄdhÄi still exist, and they are respectable brÄhmaṇas. The tombs of these two brothers, JagÄi and MÄdhÄi, are in a place known as Ghoá¹£ahÄá¹­a, or MÄdhÄitalÄ-grÄma, which is situated about one mile south of Katwa. It is said that ÅšrÄ« GopÄ«caraṇa dÄsa BÄbÄjÄ« established a temple of NitÄi-Gaura at this place about two hundred fifty years ago.