दासीनां को नु सन्ताप: स्वामिन: परिचर्यया । अभीक्ष्णं लब्धमानानां दास्या दासीव दुर्भगा: ॥ ४१ ॥
dasinam ko nu santapah svaminah paricaryaya abhiksnam labdha-mananam dasya dasiva durbhagah
- dasinam
- of the maidservants
- kah
- what
- nu
- indeed
- santapah
- lamentation
- svaminah
- unto the husband
- paricaryaya
- by rendering service
- abhiksnam
- constantly
- labdha-mananam
- honored
- dasyah
- of the maidservant
- dasi iva
- like a maidservant
- durbhagah
- 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.