Dialogue Between Satyabhama and Krishna Hereafter (the narration of) the importance of the month of Kartika is commenced.

Suta said:

1-17. Once the sage (Narada) came taking with him divine flowers and (those) of the desire-yielding tree to Dvaraka to see Krishna. Krishna welcomed and honoured Narada. Offering him a seat, he said: " This is a respectful offering; this is water for washing your feet." And Narada offered those flowers to Krishna. Krishna distributed them among (his) sixteen thousand wives. The lord, forgetting Satyabhama, gave them to all (other wives). Then getting angry Satyabhama entered the anger-chamber. Calm Krishna knowing that went there and bringing Satyabhama, he mentally recollected Garuda. By merely being remembered, Garuda, coming there, stood before him. Having quickly mounted on the bird, the lord said to his dear (wife Satyabhama): " O Satya, do not be angry; for you, opposing the lord of gods with the deities, I shall plant the desire-yielding tree in your courtyard. O noble one, pardon my fault." Making a pledge like this with Satyabhama, he quickly went to the world of deities (i.e. heaven) where that god (Indra), the killer of Vritra, was. Being solicited for the desire-yielding tree, (Indra) replied to the lord: " O god, O lord, it is not proper for you to take this tree to the earth." Then the large-armed (Krishna) took out the tree from (i.e. with) the root, and the very strong one put it on his vehicle (i.e. Garuda). Then the wielder of the thunderbolt (i.e. Indra), the strong (god), speedily raised the thunderbolt and struck Garuda (with it saying: ) " Leave the desire-yielding tree". Then Garuda, to honour the thunderhold, dropped one feather. Due to that stroke of the thunderbolt, three birds (animals? ) sprang up: the peacock, the mongoose and the blue jay. Krishna went to Dvaraka. Having come, he planted it in Satyabhama's house. Then only Narada came and was very much honoured by Satya. Satyabhdmd said: (Please) tell me how I should get such a desire-yielding tree and such a husband as the lord in every existence. Thus asked, Narada, the best sage, then said: " O Satyabhama, he is obtained by means of the gift of tulapurusa." Then Satyabhama having weighed Krishna according to the precept in the holy text, gave (the articles equal to his weight) along with the desiring-yielding tree to Narada. Taking all the articles, Narada went to heaven. Silt a said:

18. WhenNarada had gone after biddingTarewell to Krishna, Satya with her face blooming with joy said to Krishna: Satyabhdmd said:

19-25a. I am blessed; I am fortunate. My existence is fruitful. My parents who certainly produced me as the (most) favourite wife in the three worlds, are lucky in being the cause of my birth, as I am (most) dear to you among (your) sixteen thousand wives. (I am lucky) since I duly gave, according to the rite as told (in the holy text), (the articles equal to the weight of) the lord of creation with the desire-yielding tree to Narada. That desire-yielding tree whose account the beings on the earth perhaps know, now stands in my house(? ). I am also very dear to Krishna, the lord of the three worlds. Therefore, O Madhusiidana, I desire to ask you something. If you are my benefactor, then tell this in detail. Hearing that I shall again do what is beneficial to me, so that, O god, I shall never be separated from you till (the end of) the kalpa. Suta said:

25b-27. Hearing these words of his dear (wife), Krishna, with a smile on his face, put his hand into that of Satya, and went with pleasure to the foot of the desiring-yielding tree with his beloved after having forbidden his attendants (to follow them). Having laughed and called Satya, the lord of the worlds with the hair on his body bristling and with horripilation spoke (to her) to please and delight her. Krishna said:

28-30. O dear one, out of my sixteen thousand wives no beautiful lady other than you is dear to me. You are (just) like my life. For you I had a quarrel with (Indra) the lord of gods along with the (other) deities. Listen, O dear one; (I shall give you) whatever is solicited by you, whether it is small or big, even if it cannot be (easily) given, done, or expressed. Then, O dear one, how shall I not tell (i.e. give the answer to) the question put by you? Ask everything that is in your mind. I shall tell (i.e. answer) it. Satya said:

31-33. Formerly (i.e. in my previous existence) which gift (did I give), which vow (did I observe), or which penance did I practise, that I, a mortal, have become like ParvatI in this mortal (world), and that I always occupy half (the portion) of your body, always ride Garuda, and went with you to the abode of deities like Indra? Therefore, I desire to ask you, what auspicious (act) I did in the other (i.e. previous) existence, what (kind of) character I had, and whose daughter I was.

ShriKrishna said:

34-45. O dear one, listen attentively. I shall tell you all about the auspicious vow you observed in your former existence. At the end of the Krta age in Mayapuri there was an excellent brahmana of Atri's family, Devasharman by name, who had mastered the Vedas and the Vedangas. He was hospitable. He attended (sacred) fire. He was greatly devoted to the vow (in honour) of the Sun. Actually being like another Sun, he everyday propitiated the Sun. The old man had a daughter, Gunavati by name. Being sonless, he gave his daughter to his disciple named Candra(sarman). He (i.e. Devasharman) looked upon him as his (own) son, and he who had controlled his passions, looked upon him as his father. The two, desiring to collect Kushas and fuel, once went to a forest. The two then roamed in the forest at the foot of the Himalaya mountain. Then they saw a fierce demon coming (to them). With their entire body overcome by fear, and unable to run (away), they were killed by the demon with Death-like form. My attendants, moving with me, took them to Vaikuntha-abode due to the efficacy of the region and their religiousness. I was indeed very much pleased with them by virtue of just that act of them, viz. they, as long as they were alive, worshipped the Sun etc. As the rainwater goes to the ocean, the followers of Shiva, the Sun, Ganesha, Vishnu, so also the worshippers of Sakti come |to me only. I am one, born in five ways, and play with names — as one Devadatta calls his sons etc. with (various) names. Then the two lived in my house; moved in an aeroplane; had the brilliance of the Sun; resembled me in form; were near me; enjoyed divine beautiful women and pleasures like (being smeared with) sandal.

 

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