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tapaś carantīm ājñāya
sva-pāda-sparśanāśayā
sakhyopetyāgrahīt pāṇiṁ
sāhaṁ tad-gṛha-mārjanī

Synonyms

tapah—austerity; carantīm—performing; ajnaya—knowing; sva-pada-sparśana—of touching His feet; asaya—with the desire; sakhya—with His friend Arjuna; upetya—coming; agrahīt—accepted; pāṇim—my hand; sa—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 (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. 

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