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सखी आपनो दाम खोटो दोस काहां कुबज्याकू॥ध्रु०॥ कुबजा दासी कंस रायकी। दराय कोठोडो॥१॥ आपन जाय दुबारका छाय। कागद हूं कोठोडो॥२॥ मीराके प्रभु गिरिधर नागर। कुबजा बडी हरी छोडो॥३॥
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
Draupadi Presented to the Pachisi Game
This profound chromolithograph captures one of the most heartbreaking yet spiritually triumphant moments in the Mahabharata. Queen Draupadi, having been lost in a malicious game of dice by her husbands the Pandavas, stands alone in the royal court, confronted by the aggressive Dushasana. As her modesty is brutally challenged, her hands are raised in desperate supplication to the divine, symbolizing the ultimate surrender to cosmic grace. Through the vibrant printing techniques of the Ravi Varma Press, this visual narrative became a household icon of devotion, reminding generations of the unwavering protection that divine intervention offers to the righteous in moments of deepest despair.
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