Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Mira Bai is remembered as a great devotee of Lord Krishna as flashed on the f.b. on Jan.11,2011.

Bishwa Nath Singh:


Innumerous Princesses and queens have appeared in this world and have vanished. How is it that the queen of Chittor alone is still remembered? Is this on account of her beauty? Is this on account of her poetic skill? No. It is on account of Mira Bai's renunciation, single-minded devotion to Lord Krishna and the self-realization. She c...onversed with Krishna. She ate with Krishna, her Beloved. She drank the nectar of Krishna’s consciousness. She sang from the core of her heart about her unique spiritual experiences. She was indeed one of the foremost embodiments of great devotee of Lord Krishna that ever descended on earth, earned her name & fame and left many of her composition of devotional songs that still continue to rock the world of Krishna Consciousness and bade good-bye to this worldly earth.

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( Picture of Mira Bai)

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Bishwa Nath Singh:
 Mira Bai was born in 1499 AD at Chaukari village in Merta District of Rajasthan. Merta was a small state in Marwar, Rajasthan ruled by the Ranthors, great devotees of Vishnu. Her father, Ratan Singh, was the second son of Rao Duda ji, a des...cendent of Rao Jodha ji Rathor, the founder of Jodhpur. Mira Bai was raised and nurtured by her grandfather. As customary with royal families, her education included knowledge of scriptures, music, archery, fencing, horseback riding and driving chariots – she was also trained to wield weapons in case of a war. However, Mira Bai also grew up amidst an atmosphere of total Krishna consciousness, which was responsible in molding her life in the path of total devotion towards Lord Krishna. When she was just four years of age, she manifested her deep devotion to Krishna. Mira Bai watched a marriage procession in front of her residence. MiraBai, the child, spotted the well-dressed bridegroom and asked her mother innocently, "Dear mother, who will be my bridegroom?" Mira Bai’s mother smiled, and half in jest and half in earnest, pointed towards the image of Sri Krishna and said, "My dear Mira, Lord Krishna - this beautiful fellow – is going to be your bridegroom". Soon after, MiraBai’s mother passed on. As MiraBai grew up, her desire to be with her Krishna grew intensely and she believed that Lord Krishna would come to marry her. In due course, she became firmly convinced that Krishna was to be her husband. Mira Bai was soft-spoken, mild-mannered, gifted, sweet, and sang with a melodious voice. She was reputed to be one of the most extraordinary beauties of her time with fame spreading to several kingdoms and provinces. Her fame spread far and wide. Rana Sangram Singh, commonly known as Rana Sangha, the powerful King of Mewar, approached Rao Duda for MiraBai’s hand in marriage to his son Bhojraj (also known as Rana Kumbha or KumbhaRana). Bhojraj wanted to marry Mira Bai for her pious nature and divine intent. Rao Duda agreed to the union. However, Mir Bai could not bear the thought of marrying a human being when her heart was filled with thoughts of every nature, all about her Krishna. But unable to go against her beloved grandfathers word, she finally consented to the marriage. M Bai was wed to Rana Kumbha in 1513, before she turned 14. As ordained, Mira Bai was dutiful. She left for (Chittorgarh) Mewar with the Rana Kumbha. After her household duties were over, Meera would go to the temple of Lord Krishna, worship, sing and dance before Lord Krishna Idol daily.At times,she was misunderstood by her husband and other family members of her spouse and physically and emotionally tortured. When the torture and scandals continued, MIra sent a letter to Goswami Tulsidas and asked for his advice. She wrote, "Simply because I am constantly tortured by my relatives, I cannot abandon my Krishna. I am unable to carry on with my devotional practices in the palace. I have made Giridhar Gopala my friend from my very childhood. I feel a total bondage with him. I cannot break that bond". Tulsidasji sent a reply: "Abandon those who cannot understand you and who do not worship Rama or Syama, even though they are your dearest relatives. Prahlada abandoned his father; Vibhishana left his brother Ravana; Bharata deserted his stepmother; Bali forsook even his Guru; the Gopasthrees, the women of Vraja, disowned their husbands to get to their Krishna. Their lives were all the happier for having done so. The relation with God and the love of God are the only elements that are true and eternal; all other relationships are unreal and temporary". Meera met up once again with her Guru and mentor Raidas, who is said to have lived to a ripe age of 118 years. She went into the slums often to be in the satsang of this great teacher. This was the impetus and inspiration behind the many queries and controversies that she raised about Kulam in her songs. The turning point in Meerabai’s life occurred when once Akbar and his court musician Tansen came in disguise to Chittor to hear Meera’s devotional and inspiring songs. Both entered the temple and listened to Meera’s soul - stirring songs to their heart’s content. Before he departed, he touched the holy feet of MIra and placed a necklace of priceless gems in front of the idol as a present. Somehow the news reached the KumbhaRana that Akbar had entered the sacred temple in disguise, touched the feet of MIrabai and even presented her a necklace. The Rana became furious. He told MIra Bai, "Drown yourself in the river and never show your face to the world in future. You have brought great disgrace on my family".But, she did not pay any heed and left her Palace bare footed and went via covering desert of Rajasthan and visited Vrindavan wher she continued reciting devotional songs in praise of Lord Krishna and kept on worshiping Lord Krishna. A repentant Kumbha came to Vrindavan to see Meera and prayed that he may be forgiven for all his previous wrongs and cruel deeds. He begged that Meera return to the kingdom and was assume her role as the queen once more. Meera said to Rana that Krishna is only one King and my life belongs to him. The KumbhaRana, for the first time, truly understood MIra’s exalted state of mind and prostrated before her in reverence. He then promptly left Vrindavan a changed soul. MIra’s fame spread far and wide. She was immersed in satsang day in and out. At the request of Kumbh Rana, MIra returned to Mewar and Kumbha agreed to her request that she would reside in the temple of Krishna but would not restrict her movements and wanderings. From Mewar, she once again returned to Vrindavan, and then went on to Dwaraka. The King went with her. On Krishna’s Janmashtami at the temple of Krishna. There was much happiness all around in the abode of the Lord. The light of the lamps, the sound of the bhajans and the energy from the devotees’ ecstacy were filling the air. With Tamburi in one hand and cymbals or chipla in the other the great tapasvini was singing ecstatically with her Gopala smiling in front of her closed eyes. Meera stood up and danced with her song ‘Mere Janama Maran ke sathee’, and when the song ended, Kumbha gently approached her and requested her to come back. Meera said, ‘Ranaji, the body is yours and you are a great devotee, but my mind, emotions and the soul are all his. I do not know what use am I to you at this state of mind’. Kumbha was moved and he started singing with her in unison. Meera rose up abruptly, stumbled and fell at the flowers on the feet of Giridhari. ‘Oh, Giridhari, are you calling me, I am coming’. When Kumbha and the rest were watching in awe, there was a lightning which enveloped Meera and the sanctum doors closed on their own. When the doors opened again, Meera’s saree was enveloping Lord Krishna. She ended her earthly existence at the temple of Ranchod at Dwaraka in 1546 A.D. Mira Bai will always be remembered for her love for God and her soulful songs. She died at the age of about forty nine in.1546 AD.Let us pay our humble obeisances to her lotus feet and seek her bliss to give us to enjoin Shri Krishna Bhakti like her!

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Anil Kumar :
Meera Bai ki Krishna Bhakti ko mera NAMAN.

.Chhotu Singh Shaktawat :
Bhakat MEERA ko sat-sat NAMAN

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Jan.11,2011.

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