Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10

Sanskrit:

श्रीजाम्बवत्युवाचप्राज्ञाय देहकृदमुं निजनाथदैवंसीतापतिं त्रिनवहान्यमुनाभ्ययुध्यत् ।ज्ञात्वा परीक्षित उपाहरदर्हणं मांपादौ प्रगृह्य मणिनाहममुष्य दासी ॥ १० ॥

ITRANS:

śrī-jāmbavaty uvācaprājñāya deha-kṛd amuṁ nija-nātha-daivaṁsītā-patiṁ tri-navahāny amunābhyayudhyatjñātvā parīkṣita upāharad arhaṇaṁ māṁpādau pragṛhya maṇināham amuṣya dāsī

Translation:

Śrī Jāmbavatī said: Unaware that Lord Kṛṣṇa was none other than his own master and worshipable Deity, the husband of Goddess Sītā, my father fought with Him for twenty-seven days. When my father finally came to his senses and recognized the Lord, he took hold of His feet and presented Him with both me and the Syamantaka jewel as tokens of his reverence. I am simply the Lord’s maidservant.

Purport:

Jāmbavān had been Lord Rāmacandra’s servant many thousands of years before. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī mentions that while hearing Jāmbavatī’s story, the women present recognized her as the girl whom Jāmbavān had once offered to Lord Śrī Rāma to be His wife. Since Lord Rāma had taken a vow to have only one wife, He could not accept her then, but did so when He returned in the Dvāpara-yuga as Kṛṣṇa. The other queens wanted to honor Jāmbavatī for this, but she replied humbly, “I am just the Lord’s maidservant.” How Jāmbavatī and Satyabhāmā became Lord Kṛṣṇa’s wives is told in Chapter Fifty-six of the Tenth Canto.