Satyabhama devi -- certainly nitya-siddha

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Dear devotees, PAMHO. AGTSP.

 

I suggest that the statements of Padma Purana as quoted by Nayana-ranjana

Prabhu on Satyabhama Devi can be understood as being similar to the

statements in the sastras about Drona and Dhara getting the mercy and

"taking birth" as Nanda and Yasoda.

 

The following is from Krsna-sandarbha (Anuccheda 152):

 

> 9 In Srimad Bhagavatam 10.9.1-20 we find an explanation of Nanda and

> Yasoda's eternal parenthood of Sri Krsna, and in Srimad Bhagavatam

> 10.8.49, we find the explanation of Nanda and Yasoda's previous birth as

> Drona and Dhara. The seeming contradiction of these two statements may be

> resolved by accepting the explanation that Drona and Dhara are partial

> incarnations of Nanda and Yasoda, the Lord's eternal parents in the

> spiritual world. We may also note that the description of the eternal

> parenthood of Nanda and Yasoda is given after the description of their

> previous birth as Drona and Dhara. In there are two contradictory

> statements in the scriptures, the second statement should be accepted, and

> the previous statement should be interpreted so that it does not

> contradict the later statement. This rule of interpretation is expressed

> in the Vedanta-sutra...

 

Please note that Srila Jiva Goswami states that Drona and Dhara are "partial

incarnations of Nanda and Yasoda."

 

In Anuccheda 184, he states:

 

> 1 In this way we may understand that all the queens of Lord Krsna are

> the internal potencies of the Lord. In the Padma Purana, Uttara-khanda,

> Srimati Satyabhama-devi is described as the Lord's bhu-sakti and in the

> Hari-vamsa, she is described as both Bhu-sakti and Prema-sakti...

 

So Satyabhama's "previous incarnation" can be understood as Her "partial

incarnation" just as Drona and Dhara are "partial incarnations of Nanda and

Yasoda."

 

What do you think?

 

ys, vgd