CC Adi 6.74

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter 6: The Glories of Śrī Advaita Acārya

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CC Adi 6.75

His Divine Grace
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.