Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.14.41
దాసీనాం కో ను సన్తాప: స్వామిన: పరిచర్యయా ।
అభీక్ష్ణం లబ్ధమానానాం దాస్యా దాసీవ దుర్భగా: ॥ ౪౧ ॥
dāsīnāṁ ko nu santāpaḥ
[daaseenaam ko nu santaapah]
svāminaḥ paricaryayā
[svaaminah paricharyayaa]
abhīkṣṇaṁ labdha-mānānāṁ
[abheekshnam labdha-maanaanaam]
dāsyā dāsīva durbhagāḥ
[daasyaa daaseeva durbhagaah]
Word-for-word
dāsīnām
—
of the maidservants
kaḥ
—
what
nu
—
indeed
santāpaḥ
—
lamentation
svāminaḥ
—
unto the husband
paricaryayā
—
by rendering service
abhīkṣṇam
—
constantly
labdha-mānānām
—
honored
dāsyāḥ
—
of the maidservant
dāsī iva
—
like a maidservant
durbhagāḥ
—
most unfortunate.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
dāsīnāṁ ko nu santāpaḥ
dāsīnām
of the maidservants
kaḥ
what
nu
indeed
santāpaḥ
lamentation
svāminaḥ paricaryayā
svāminaḥ
unto the husband
paricaryayā
by rendering service
abhīkṣṇaṁ labdha-mānānāṁ
abhīkṣṇam
constantly
labdha-mānānām
honored
dāsyā dāsīva durbhagāḥ
dāsyāḥ
of the maidservant
dāsī iva
like a maidservant
durbhagāḥ
most unfortunate.
Even maidservants who are constantly engaged in rendering service to the husband are honored by the husband, and thus they have nothing for which to lament. Our position, however, is that we are maidservants of the maidservant. Therefore we are most unfortunate.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Why should maids who serve the master lament, since they gain respect of the master? But we are most unfortunate because we are simply maids of the maidservant.
We are unfortunate like the servant of a maidservant who is unfortunate.
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