Saint Mira

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

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SAINT MIRA
Govinda! Gridhari! Gridhara Nagara!” She sings, then weeps, then laughs, then falls down unconscious! Does she swoon or does she rest in the Holy Lap of her Beloved ?
Every day of her stay at Brindaban is a day of joy in Krishna's adoration, a day of kirtan before the image of Shyama. And everyday, she looks at the trees of Brindaban, and to every tree and every leaf and every flower, she says "Blessed art thou! Thou and I have been together, birth after birth!"
Mira rejoices in the thought that Krishna did, in the long ago, cast His holy glance on every lane in Brindaban. Putting on her feet the little bells and taking in her hands kartala, she sings as one who is love-intoxicated. She calls herself premadevani (love-intoxicated). With tear-filled eyes, she does arati (worship) to Krishna, tears flowing from her eyes profusely. And even when her eyes are shut, she sees the Beloved and cries, again and again: “My Master!" Mira sees Krishna everywhere. Every flower and every tree, every leaf and every stone is Krishna's. She, too, is His! For her samsara (the world) has vanished in the one vision of Krishna. Yes,—the inner door of her heart is opened and she is filled with interior illumination. "Light! Light!” she cries, again and again. In a beautiful, little song, she sings thus :