Satyabhaamaa

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Dear BhakthAs:

 

There was a question on another net

about the reason for the prayer,

" Sri RukmiNi SathyabhAmA sahitha Sri KrishNa

ParamAthmaNE nama: " and the dhyAna slOkam

in Sri VishNu SahasranAmam ,

where Lord KrishNA is saluted

along with His two Devis , Sri RukmiNI

and Sri SathyabhAmA .

 

The question specifically was , who is

SathyabhAmA and why She has a special

place of honor among the many dEvis of

the Lord of DhwArakai.

 

AdiyEn's response might be of

general interst to you .

 

Question from Sri VenakatarAman:

>

>Dear Sri Venkataraman :

>

>At 04:15 PM 9/5/99 +0800, you wrote:

 

>>I am grateful for the information that Satysbhaamaa is

>>considered an avataara of Bhuumaa devi.Is there any

>reference to her in puraaNas other than Srimad

>>Bhaagavatam, or in tamil prabhandams?

>

The largest set of references related to

SatyabhAmA are in Srimadh Bhaagavatha PurANam .

Here is one outside the PurANAs :

 

KrishNa Upanishad distinct from GopAla

Uttara Taapini Upanishad gives the connection

of KrishNA to the people associated with Him ,

which is some what interesting & imaginative

ALLEGORY :

 

" Transcendent Knowledge was His adoptive mother,

YasOdhA; PraNavam was His mother, Devaki ;The sacred

verses of the scriptures were the cows and

the cowherdesses;BrahmA became His staff

used for grazing cows ; RudrA was His flute;

the Rishis were the trees ;AdhisEshA became

BalarAmA;the 16,108 maidens (who played the game

of Love with Him ) are the verses of the scripture

which describe the nature of His immensity;

Kindness became RohiNi(the Mother of BalarAmA);

peace of mind was KuchElA;Truth ws Akrura;

self-control was Uddhava;SATYABHAMAA IS

THE EARTH GODDESS , BHUMI DEVI " .RUKMINI

IS SRI DEVI IN KRISHNAAVATHAARAM.

 

The references to SatyabhAmA in Srimadh BhAgavatham

are at the following sections:

 

Canto I.9.25-30: Sri KrishNA's Marriage to SatyabhAmA

and bringing the PaarijAthA tree to Dhwaaraka

for her (BRIEF).

 

Canto I.26.32-37: " Conceited " SatyabhAmA being

unable to resist the charms of the Lord .

 

Canto X.56.33-45 : Marriage of SathyabhAmA to KrishNA(LONG)

 

Canto X.59.9-10 : Slaying ofNarakAsura in SatyabhAmA's company.

 

Canto X.59.39-40: PaarijAthA Tree abaharaNam for SathyabhAmA

 

Canto X.61:Ten sons of SathyabhAmA

 

Canto X.83: Droupathi's Question to SatyabhAmA

and her answer .

 

These are the places , where SatyabhAmA as the consort

of Sri KrishNA is mentioned in Srimadh BhAgavatham.

 

For us , Sri VishNu PurAnam is key pramANam

over Srimadh Bhaagavatham .

 

V.Sadagopan