Text 37] Disappearance of Lord Krsna 759

all services, induced the Lord to conquer the demigods. Thus the queens
enjoy things which are prerogatives of the wives of the controller of
thunderbolts.

PURPORT

Satyabhama: One of the principal queens of Lord Sri Krsna at Dvaraka.
After killing Narakasura, Lord Krsna visited the palace of Narakadsura
accompanied by Satyabhami. He went to Indraloka also with Satyabhama,
and she was received by Sacidevi, who introduced her to the mother of the
demigods, Aditi. Aditi was very much pleased with Satyabhama, and she
benedicted her with the blessings of permanent youth as long as Lord
Krsna remained on the earth. Aditi also took her with her to show her
the special prerogatives of the demigods in the heavenly planets. When she
saw the parijata flower, she desired to have it in her palace at Dvaraka.
After that, she came back to Dvaraka along with her husband and expressed
her willingness to have the parijdta flower at her palace. Satyabhama’s
palace was especially bedecked with valuable jewels, and even in the
hottest season of summer the inside of the palace remained cool, as if
air-conditioned. She decorated her palace with various flags, heralding the
news of her great husband’s presence there. Once, along with her husband,
she met Draupadi, and she was anxious to be instructed by Draupadi in
the ways and means of pleasing her husband. Draupadi was expert in this
affair because she kept five husbands, the Pandavas, and all were very
much pleased with her. On receipt of Draupadi’s instructions, she was
very much pleased and offered her good wishes and returned back to
Dvaraka. She was the daughter of Satrujit. After the departure of Lord
Krsna, when Arjuna visited Dvaraka, all the queens, including Satyabhama
and Rukmini, lamented for the Lord with great feelings. At the last stage
of her life, she left for the forest to undergo severe penances.

Satyabhama instigated her husband to get the parijata flower from the
heavenly planets, and the Lord got it even by force from the demigods, as
a common husband secures things to please his wife. As already explained,
the Lord had very little to do with so many wives to carry out their
orders like an ordinary man. But because the queens accepted the high
quality of devotional service, namely administering the Lord all comforts,
the Lord played the part of a faithful complete husband. No earthly
creature can expect to have things from the heavenly kingdom, especially
the parijata flowers which are simply to be used by the demigods. But due
to their becoming the Lord’s faithful wives, all of them enjoyed the special
