Precise information about the life of Mirabai is hard to verify. However with the help of her poetry, and the writings of others; historians have pieced together the different elements of her life.
A key moment in the life of Mirabai was her arranged marriage to Prince Bhoj Raj. The Prince was the eldest son of a very influential Hindu family. The marriage gave Mirabai a very high social status. However Mirabai felt little if any attraction to the worldly comforts and pleasures of the Palace. Whenever she had the opportunity Mirabai would escape from her daily duties to spend time in prayer and meditation on her beloved Krishna. Her soul felt a spontaneous and overwhelming love for Sri Krishna. Her poems speak of the unbearable pangs of separation she felt when she could not contemplate and see her Krishna.
"Only he knows the bitterness of love Who has deeply felt its pangs.When you are in trouble No one comes near you:When fortune smiles.All come to share the joy.Love shows no external wound.But the pain pervades every poreDevotee Mira offers her bodyAs a sacrifice to Giridhara for ever."
A key moment in the life of Mirabai was her arranged marriage to Prince Bhoj Raj. The Prince was the eldest son of a very influential Hindu family. The marriage gave Mirabai a very high social status. However Mirabai felt little if any attraction to the worldly comforts and pleasures of the Palace. Whenever she had the opportunity Mirabai would escape from her daily duties to spend time in prayer and meditation on her beloved Krishna. Her soul felt a spontaneous and overwhelming love for Sri Krishna. Her poems speak of the unbearable pangs of separation she felt when she could not contemplate and see her Krishna.
"Only he knows the bitterness of love Who has deeply felt its pangs.When you are in trouble No one comes near you:When fortune smiles.All come to share the joy.Love shows no external wound.But the pain pervades every poreDevotee Mira offers her bodyAs a sacrifice to Giridhara for ever."
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Read more about the life and works of Mirabai, the Hindu saint, at http://www.gitananda.org/mirabai/mirabai.html
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