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कोईकी भोरी वोलो मइंडो मेरो लूंटे॥ध्रु०॥ छोड कनैया ओढणी हमारी। माट महिकी काना मेरी फुटे॥ को०॥१॥ छोड कनैया मैयां हमारी। लड मानूकी काना मेरी तूटे॥ को०॥२॥ छोडदे कनैया चीर हमारो। कोर जरीकी काना मेरी छुटे॥ को०॥३॥ मीरा कहे प्रभू गिरिधर नागर। लागी लगन काना मेरी नव छूटे॥ को०॥४॥
इति
The Poet
मीराबाई
Mirabai
1498 · 1546
In the vast tradition of Indian devotional literature, Mirabai stands as an absolute force of fearless independence. Born around 1498 into a royal Rajput family in Rajasthan, she rejected every expectation placed upon a woman of her aristocratic stature. Following the death of her husband, she refused to commit Sati, refused to mourn according to courtly protocol, and instead declared herself eternally married to Lord Krishna. Her entire life became an act of spiritual rebellion against feudal patriarchy. She left the palace, mingled with the lower castes, accepted the leather-worker Ravidas as her guru, and composed ecstatic, deeply personal poetry (bhajans) that mapped the fierce agony and joy of divine love. According to enduring historical memory, she survived multiple assassination attempts by her furious in-laws before leaving Mewar entirely. Five centuries later, her voice remains universally alive. Her songs are sung in temples, villages, and classical concerts across the subcontinent. She did not merely write Bhakti poetry; she weaponized devotion to achieve total personal liberation.
Paired Painting
Krishna with Gopis by the Yamuna River
This transcendent Pahari miniature invites us into the sacred groves along the banks of the Yamuna River, where the divine cowherd Krishna is surrounded by devoted gopis. The pastoral landscape glows with gentle greens and earthy warmth, evoking the eternal longing and blissful surrender of the human soul to the divine. Each figure expresses profound tenderness and spiritual devotion, bathed in the soft, poetic light of Vrindavan. The composition celebrates the mystical union between the supreme deity and his devoted companions, capturing a fleeting moment of celestial grace.
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