By Swami Harshananda
Satyabhāmā was one of the aṣṭa-mahiṣīs or eight queens of Kṛṣṇa. She was the daughter of Satrājit, a chieftain of the Yadu race. In her previous life, she was Guṇavatī, daughter of a pious brāhmaṇa Devaśarman. Due to her purity of life, austerities and devotion to Viṣṇu, she was reborn as Satyabhāmā and got Kṛṣna as her husband. Kṛṣṇa brought the pārijāta[1] tree from heaven on her demand. Once she was obliged to accept defeat by Rukmiṇi, the chief queen of Kṛṣṇa, whose devotion proved to be greater than hers.
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- ↑ Pārijāta means night jasmine.
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore