हरि तुम कायकू प्रीत लगाई

Bathed in the melancholic sorrow of karuna rasa, this pada evokes a heavy, sorrowful emotional atmosphere defined by deep abandonment and bitter reproach. A desolate painting of this scene would show a lone gopi standing on the dusty outskirts of Gokul, gazing toward the distant, hazy gates of Mathura as the Yamuna river flows indifferently by. The imagery carries the stark contrast of a once-vibrant pastureland rendered desolate by the absence of Hari, who traded pastoral devotion for urban exile. Through the aching complaint of Mira—invoking the binding oath of foster-father Nanda—the narrative symbolizes the agonizing rupture of the divine-human bond, capturing a tone of heartbroken devotion laced with a plaintive, unyielding demand for accountability.

हरि तुम कायकू प्रीत लगाई (Hari Tum Kayaku Preet Lagai), by Mirabai runs to 4 lines, set as Four-stanza poem with a refrain (dhruvapada). Its governing rasa is Karuna, shaded by Shringara. The metre is pada. Rhyme falls as AABB.

Read it for प्रेम में मिलने वाला विरह और दुःख and कृष्ण के गोकुल छोड़कर मथुरा जाने की पीड़ा. 2 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside Birth of Shakuntala: This poignant chromolithograph evokes a heavy, sorrowful atmosphere charged with maternal tenderness and cruel rejection, capturing the tragic mythic abandonment of the newborn Shakuntala by her ascetic father,…