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তপশ্চরন্তীমাজ্ঞায় স্বপাদস্পর্শনাশয়া ।
সখ্যোপেত্যাগ্রহীৎ পাণিং সাহং তদ্‌গৃহমার্জনী ॥ ৭৪ ॥
tapaś carantīm ājñāya
sva-pāda-sparśanāśayā
sakhyopetyāgrahīt pāṇiṁ
sāhaṁ tad-gṛha-mārjanī

Synonyms

tapaḥausterity; carantīmperforming; ājñāyaknowing; sva-pāda-sparśanaof touching His feet; āśayāwith the desire; sakhyāwith His friend Arjuna; upetyacoming; agrahītaccepted; pāṇimmy hand; that woman; ahamI; tatHis; gṛha-mārjanīkeeper 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 (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.