Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 42: The Breaking of the Sacrificial Bow

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.42.3

sairandhry uvāca

dāsy asmy ahaḿ sundara kaḿsa-sammatā

trivakra-nāmā hy anulepa-karmaṇi

mad-bhāvitaḿ bhoja-pater ati-priyaḿ

vinā yuvāḿ ko 'nyatamas tad arhati

SYNONYMS

sairandhrī uvāca — the maidservant said; dāsīa servant; asmiam; ahamI; sundaraO handsome one; kaḿsa — by Kaḿsa; sammatā — respected; trivakra-nāmā — known as Trivakrā ("bent in three places"); hi — indeed; anulepa — with ointments; karmaṇi — for my work; mat — by me; bhāvitam — prepared; bhoja-pateḥto the chief of the Bhojas; ati-priyam — very dear; vinā — except for; yuvām — You two; kaḥ — who; anyatamaḥ — else; tat — that; arhati — deserves.

TRANSLATION

The maidservant replied: O handsome one, I am a servant of King Kaḿsa, who highly regards me for the ointments I make. My name is Trivakrā. Who else but You two deserve my ointments, which the lord of the Bhojas likes so much?

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that Trivakrā, who is also known as Kubjā, used the singular address sundara, "O handsome one," to hint that she felt conjugal desire for Kṛṣṇa alone, and she used the dual form yuvām, "for both of You," to try to hide her conjugal sentiment. The hunchback's name, Trivakrā, indicates that her body was bent at the neck, chest and waist.

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