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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.23.27

तां दृष्ट्वा सहसोत्थाय प्रोचु: प्राञ्जलय: स्त्रिय: । वयं कर्मकरीस्तुभ्यं शाधि न: करवाम किम् ॥ २७ ॥
tāṁ dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya
[taam drishtvaa sahasotthaaya]
procuḥ prāñjalayaḥ striyaḥ
[prochuh praanjalayah striyah]
vayaṁ karma-karīs tubhyaṁ
[vayam karma-karees tubhyam]
śādhi naḥ karavāma kim
[shaadhi nah karavaama kim]
Word-for-word
tām — her dṛṣṭvā — seeing sahasā — suddenly utthāya — rising procuḥ — they said prāñjalayaḥ — with folded hands striyaḥ — the damsels vayam — we karma-karīḥ — maidservants tubhyam — for you śādhi — please tell naḥ — us karavāma — we can do kim — what.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tāṁ dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya
tām
her
dṛṣṭvā
seeing
sahasā
suddenly
utthāya
rising
procuḥ prāñjalayaḥ striyaḥ
procuḥ
they said
prāñjalayaḥ
with folded hands
striyaḥ
the damsels
vayaṁ karma-karīs tubhyaṁ
vayam
we
karma-karīḥ
maidservants
tubhyam
for you
śādhi naḥ karavāma kim
śādhi
please tell
naḥ
us
karavāma
we can do
kim
what.
Seeing her, the damsels suddenly rose and said with folded hands, “We are your maidservants. Tell us what we can do for you.”
Purport

While Devahūti was thinking of what to do in that great palace in her dirty clothes, there were at once, by the yogic powers of Kardama Muni, one thousand maidservants prepared to serve her. They appeared before Devahūti within the water and presented themselves as her maidservants, simply awaiting her orders.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Seeing her, the women quickly stood up, and with folded hands said, “We are your maidservants. Please tell us what we can do for you.” We are your servants, for you (tubhyam). Or “please tell us what service we can do for you (tubhyam).”
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Personal Guidance
The Lord is named here as the actual proprietor of everything we manage. The verse asks us to relax our grip on what was never ours and let Him hold it again.
Reflection Questions
  • Whom do you actually address when you pray — a concept, or a person?
  • What would change if you treated one possession this week as belonging to the Lord and on loan to you?
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