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Chapter 14: King Citraketu's Lamentation

Verse 41 of 60
SB 6.14.41

दासीनां को नु सन्तापः स्वामिनः परिचर्यया अभीक्ष्णं लब्धमानानां दास्या दासीव दुर्भगाः

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

Synonyms

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.

Verse 41 of 60