Canto 6, Chapter 14

King Citraketu’s Lamentation

Verse 41 (SB 6.14.41)
SB 6.14.41 • मूल श्लोक

दासीनां को नु सन्ताप: स्वामिन: परिचर्यया । अभीक्ष्णं लब्धमानानां दास्या दासीव दुर्भगा: ॥ ४१ ॥

Transliteration

dāsīnāṁ ko nu santāpaḥ svāminaḥ paricaryayā abhīkṣṇaṁ labdha-mānānāṁ dāsyā dāsīva durbhagāḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

dāsīnām — of the maidservants; kaḥ — what; nu — indeed; santāpaḥ — lamentation; svāminaḥ — unto the husband; paricaryayā — by rendering service; abhīkṣṇam — constantly; labdha-mānānām — honored; dāsyāḥ — of the maidservant; dāsī iva — like a maidservant; durbhagāḥ — most unfortunate.

Translation

“Even maidservants who are constantly engaged in rendering service to the husband are honored by the husband, and thus they have nothing for which to lament. Our position, however, is that we are maidservants of the maidservant. Therefore we are most unfortunate.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda