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द्रौपदीसत्यभामासंवादपर्वन् (draupadIsatyabhAmAsaMvAdaparvan)

 
Mahabharata
English
[Draupadī-Satyabhāmā-saṃvādaparvan] (“conversation between Draupadī and Satyabhāmā, ” the 42nd of the minor parvans of Mhbhr.). § 510: After the brahmans and Pāṇḍavas had taken their seats, Draupadī and Satyabhāmā Sātrājitī, the favourite wife of Kṛshṇa, entered the hermitage. Satyabhāmā asked Draupadī how she made the Pāṇḍavas obedient to her, in order that she herself might by the same means secure the affection of Kṛshṇa. Draupadī warned her against using drugs, incantations, etc., which were used by wicked women, and said that she kept aloof from vanity and served the Pāṇḍavas with devotion, etc. Formerly, in the palace of Yudhishṭhira at Indraprastha, food was daily given to 8, 000 brahmans, 80, 000 snātakas with thirty serving-maids assigned to each, 10, 000 yatis
he had 100, 000 well-dressed serving-maids with bracelets, etc., all skilled in singing and dancing
100, 000 maidservants who day and night used to feed guests
100, 000 horses, and 100, 000 elephants. And it was Draupadī who had the supervision of all this
she knew the names and features of all the girls, and knew everything about them, and even about the cowherds and shepherds. She alone knew the income and expenditure of the king and what their whole wealth was, bearing hunger and thirst, and being the first to wake up and the last to go to bed (III, 233). Draupadī said that for women there is no god equal to the husband, as it is from him the wife obtains offspring, articles of enjoyment, fame, and heaven itself hereafter. In order to attract the heart of Kṛshṇa, Satyabhāmā ought to let him understand that she adored him with all her heart by promptly, when she saw him enter her chamber, offering him a seat and water to wash his feet
and even if he ordered a maidservant to do anything, she ought to get up and do it herself
not to blab of whatever he should speak before her
feed those that were dear to him, and keep herself aloof from those that were hostile to him
not to stay or converse in private even with her sons Pradyumna and Śāmba
and shun wicked women (III, 234).--§ 511: Then Kṛshṇa bade farewell to the Pāṇḍavas and to Mārkaṇḍeya, etc., and called for Satyabhāmā. Satyabhāmā comforted Draupadī, saying that she would soon recover her ancient happiness, and relating of Prativindhya, Śrutasoma, and Śrutakarman (her son by Arjuna), and Śatānīka (her son by Nakula), and Śrutasena (her son by Sahadeva), that they were well and skilled in weapons and, like Abhimanyu, delighted with staying at Dvāravatī, and were loved by Subhadrā, Pradyumna, Kṛshṇa, with his son Bhānu, etc., and her mother-in-law, and all the Andhakas and Vṛshṇis, with Rāma, etc. Then Satyabhāmā mounted the chariot of Kṛshṇa and they set out for his city (III, 235).