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Mirabai India (1498 - 1565?) Timeline Yoga / Hindu : Vaishnava (Krishna/Rama) Poems by Mirabai Books - Links |
Mirabai was born into a noble Rajput family in Northern India. She was married to the crown prince of Mewar, but she made it clear that her love was for Giridhara alone.
Many of the tales of Mirabai's life focus on her struggles with her husband's royal family. They did not approve of her constant devotion to God, which they felt led to the neglect of her husband and family. And her preference for the company of wandering holy men was not considered proper for a princess. These conflicts grew to such a point that it is said they attempted to kill her, once with a deadly snake, another time by poison, but she was miraculously saved both times.
When her husband died, Mirabai refused to throw herself on his funeral pyre and eventually took up the life of a wandering mendicant and poet, immersing herself in her love for God alone.
Poems by Mirabai
- All I Was Doing Was Breathing
- Clouds
- Dark Friend, what can I say?
- Friend, without that Dark raptor
- I am pale with longing for my beloved
- I am true to my Lord
- I have heard that today Hari will come
- It's True I Went to the Market
- Mira is Steadfast
- No one knows my invisible life
- O I saw witchcraft tonight
- O my friends
- Out in a downpour
- The Beloved Comes Home
- The Dagger
- The Five-Coloured Garment
- The Heat of Midnight Tears
- The Music
- Unbreakable, O Lord
- Why Mira Can't Come Back to Her Old House
Related Links
Mirabai and the Pathway of Love
http://www.gitananda.org/mirabai/mirabai.html
A brief article on Mirabai as an embodiment of the ideal of perfect love for the Divine.
