Saint Mira

Author(s): T L Vaswani
Publisher: Saint Miras English Medium School

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“WHERE IS MY BRIDEGROOM ?”
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saying :-"To Mira I give this Image,--my richest treasure,-for the Lord hath so ordered me.”
Krishna now is to Mira a living Holy Presence. Krishna is not to her a far-off God, sitting somewhere in the clouds or a star. Krishna is become to Mira her Spouse, dulaha, her Beloved. The longing in her heart becomes deeper every day for union with Krishna. And she takes joy in renouncing her earthly things for the sake of her “Beloved”.
At a very early age, Sri Krishna puts His song in her mouth. She becomes a flute of the Lord. The orientation of her soul is every day towards Sri Krishna. So is her life gradually transformed into an Image of the “Beloved”. She is persecuted for her devotion to Shyama : but she remains calm. Persecuted by members of her own house, Mira becomes, more and more, a reflection of the beauty and love of Sri Krishna. Is not this a mark of the true bhakta of the Lord? The Gita calls it "sthitapragna”. The wise man, though persecuted, remains calm : he is in communion with God.
A deep longing for the Lord inspires many of her lyrics. Some of them I have listened to, again and again, with tear-touched eyes. What a cry pierces the heart as you listen to the following song of Mira !
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