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Harivamsha Purana
O King! This is the same Narada who, after inquiring from the Yadavas, entered the inner palace to see Keshava's inner apartments. ||24|| There, he saw Vishnu's Mahadevi, Satyabhama, who was dearer to him than life itself, adorned with ornaments and looking at her reflection in a jewel-studded mirror held in her hand. Narada saw the virtuous lady from a distance. She appeared like the very embodiment of desire in front of his eyes. ||25-26|| The sage, whose mind was distracted by the sight of her beauty, did not see Narada. She was instantly angered and quickly left the place. ||27|| He thought to himself, "In this world, all the Vidyadharas, Bhucharas, kings, and women of their inner apartments rise and salute me. But this daughter of a Vidyadhara, Satyabhama, is so arrogant that she did not even look at me in her pride of beauty. Shame on her!" ||28-29|| "Now, I will crush her mountain of beauty, good fortune, and pride with the thunderbolt of a rival wife." ||30|| "Krishna can easily get another wife who surpasses Satyabhama in beauty and good fortune, for this earth is adorned with many jewels." ||31|| "When she sees me, I will see her face stained with the breath of her sighs. How can she escape misfortune when I, Narada, am angry?" ||32|| Thinking thus, Narada flew up into the sky and reached the city of Kundina, where the great king Bhishma, who was terrible to his enemies, resided. ||33|| His son, Rukmi, was a man of great policy and valor, and he had a beautiful daughter named Rukmini, who was skilled in the arts and virtues. ||34|| Narada, whose heart was pure, saw Rukmini in the inner apartments of King Bhishma. She was like the rising sun, adorned with the glow of love, and she was loved by her maternal aunt. ||35|| She seemed to have been created by the great merits of Hari, possessing the best of auspicious signs, beauty, and good fortune, which were spread throughout the three worlds. ||36|| She was beautiful with her hands, feet, lotus-like face, thighs, and full hips, and her body was adorned with the beauty of her hair, arms, navel, breasts, belly, and waist. ||37||