CC Adi 6.74
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 74
- tapaś carantīm ājñāya
- sva-pāda-sparśanāśayā
- sakhyopetyāgrahīt pāṇiṁ
- sāhaṁ tad-gṛha-mārjanī
SYNONYMS
tapaḥ—austerity; carantīm—performing; ājñāya—knowing; sva-pāda-sparśana—of touching His feet; āśayā—with the desire; sakhyā—with His friend Arjuna; upetya—coming; agrahīt—accepted; pāṇim—my hand; sā—that woman; aham—I; tat—His; gṛha-mārjanī—keeper of the home.
TRANSLATION
“Knowing me to be performing austerities with the desire to touch His feet, He came with His friend Arjuna and accepted my hand. Yet I am but a maidservant engaged in sweeping the floor of the house of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.”
PURPORT
Like the previous verse, this verse appears in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 10.83.11) in connection with the meeting of the family ladies of the Kuru and Yadu dynasties at Samanta-pañcaka. At the time of that meeting, the queen of Kṛṣṇa named Kālindī spoke to Draupadī in this way.