Saint Mira

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

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THROUGH
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She tells the Rana to sit himself.
DARKNESS TO LIGHT
company of the sadhus. at their feet and purify
Mira spends much of her time now in the Temple, specially built for her by her husband, Prince Bhoj Raj. Mira sings in the Temple: Mira dances before the Image of Sri Krishna. The Rana gets more and more annoyed: he sends to Mira her two lady-friends who ask her to give up singing and dancing and be obedient to the Rana. Mira's answer is :
O friends!
Dyed deep am I
In the colour of Him
To whom I am consecrated,The colour of Krishna.
The two ladies are so deeply impressed with what Mira says that they themselves begin to sing and dance in Mira's company. They came to convert Mira they stayed to sing and dance!
The Rana sends his sister, Uda Bai, to bring her round. Uda Bai, too, is converted and joins in the worship of Krishna, singing with Mira the Name of the Lord.
This irritates the Rana. He sends a cup of poison to Mira through a messenger who says to her:— "Mira! this is amrita (nectar): drink it!" The story has it, that she accepts the cup.