One of the most prominent figures of the time of Bhakti Movement in India was the great Mira Bai. She was Lord Krishna’s greatest devotee and her love for his Lord was uncountable. She was the one who had a huge pattern of skills and had a keen obsession for spirituality. She was so much in love with Lord Krishan that she used to consider herself as his better half. Being in immense pain her love for him has alleviated her tedious pain and suffering. From birth to her journey in his in-laws family she always got a sophisticated and conservative household. But despite of all these love and comfort she chooses her painful suffering and demonstrated her soul passion for Krishna more relaxing. She publicly condemns the outdated thinking also refused to accept her marriage and all the martial pleasure she got. She has not only projected her love for her Lord in emotional lyricism but also presented her engrossment with Supreme of the Universe. Mira was a person who always believed in listening to her heart as a result she always refuse to accept caste and class and practice dancing and singing publicly and courageously in the temples and kept giving company to the people engage in Holy work.
In her poems she always expresses her strong desire and longing for her unification with her great Lord. Love is the predominant feeling in all of her poems. Through all her poems her deep love and her immense dedication for Lord Krishan could be easily identified. The Rasa which is predominant in her poem is the Shringar Rasa. This rasa focuses on expressing love, romance, beauty, and aesthetic sense. It is the predominant rasa during the phase of adolescent; it is usually used with the agenda of attracting and showing the enormous love for the beloved. Through her aesthetic dance and music she shares her love for her divine Lord. In her maximum poems she association her Lord with the color blue and black which depicts that her beloved is the avatar of incredible God Vishnu who is linked with the color blue because of his association with water. Mira Bai’s husband is Kind Rana and he with his family members attempts to poison Mira because she was the one who was breaking all the laws and rules of the norms to make her beloved her own. Just like Krishna was poisoned by Putana when he was infant similarly she was also given poison. Thus, there was a parallel of line drawn between both of them. Still after so many attempts no one could separate Mira from her Divine Lord. In her poems she calls him as “Mountain Lifter” with reference to the story of little Krishna where he held up Mount Govardhan in his little finger to save the cattle from the rain God Indra’s wrath. In one of her poem she talked about her marriage with her Lord. Her abiding belief about her marriage to Lord of Braj is demonstrated in her poem. She describes the marriage thou it was just a dream was extremely sensual and noticeable. She gives entire description about the guest, the rituals, the customs of Hindu traditions and the secret fire around which they are walking. In the poem “Let us go to a realm beyond going” she expresses her strong love and passion for her Divine Lord. She wishes to go to a kingdom of death where people are afraid of going. She wishes she could go to a world from where she can regain all her lost power. She wishes to dance in a distinctive cloth with ankle bell with her Dark Lord.
Mira Bai is a supreme and iconic devotee of Lord Krishna and she always considers herself her wife. Her initially love for him was at private but later it turn out to be an open one. The most unique thing found in her poem is that it has the ability to travel throughout the Indian Subcontinent. She created Sagun Poetry for her Dark Lord. The emotion which is highlighted in her poems is love, devotion and separation for her Divine. All the ups and downs she faced in her tedious life and her turbulent story itself gives us the inspiration that one should never lose hope, courage and love for the sake of society. All these characteristics of Mira Bai make her an immensely strong character.
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