Is Satyabhama Devi a nitya siddha or sadhana siddha?

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> > performed Ekadasi vrata her whole life, worshiped Lord Visnu and Tulasi

> > Devi. Therefore she got the chance of becoming Satyabhama, the daughter of

> > Satrajit who was her father in the previous life.

> >

> > Satyabhama asked Krsna, 'How did I get the chance to become Your wife?

> > What did I do in my past life?' So Lord Krsna was narrating this story.

> > They were very religious all their life and they died in Haridwar so they

> > went to Lord Hari's planet - not because of their worship of Surya.

>

> This raises the following question. Is Satyabhama Devi a nitya siddha or

> sadhana siddha? Because she is described as the direct expansion of Srimati

> Radharani in Dvaraka.

 

I´d say her case is similar to that of Vasudeva and Devaki (SB 10.3.32-43).

They are nitya-siddhas yet they do act as sadhana-siddhas (performing tapasya

etc.). This may apply to other Lord's parsadas as well.

 

Hope this helps. What do guru, sastra and sadhus say?

 

ys Jan