"Narada once came to Krishna's palace for alms. Krishna's queens offered him anything he wished. "I want Krishna," he said. Horrified by this request, Krishna's eight wives asked Narada to ask for anything else but Krishna. "Give me something else worth Krishna in weight. So the queens made Krishna sit on one pan of a balance and wondered what they could put on the other pan that was as heavy as Krishna. Some queens brought fruits, others brought books — but nothing seemed to balance Krishna's weight. Satyabhama ordered her servants to bring all her jewelry. Even that could not balance Krishna's weight. Finally, Rukmini placed on the pan a sprig of the w:Ocimum tenuiflorumtulsi plant, saying, "This symbolizes my love for Krishna." Instantly, the balance tilted in Rukmini s favor. Her love was worth much more than Satyabhama's gold."
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Devdutt Pattanaik in: "The Goddess in India: The Five Faces of the Eternal Feminine", p. 26-27.
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