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YAJNESHWAR S. SHASTRI
SAMBODHI
(Premanī premani premani re, mane lāgi katārī premanī re. MSP - 106) In another poems she says, "I am pale with longing for love, people think I am ill.” (MSP)
Like a beloved, she is eager to meet her lover. In one of her poems, addressing a boatman, she says, “Boatman, set the sail, I would like to meet Him.
Ganga on this side and Jamuna on the other side, Darling of Nanda stands in the middle."
She is ready to give gold, silver and string of pearls to the boatman to take her to her lover.” (MSP-48).
Mīrā expresses her longing for the Lord and the pain of suffering in another poem, “Kānudo (Krsna) does not know my suffering, sisters, I am virgin since childhood.'
We had gone to fetch Jamunā water, Kānudo splashed water on us. Look the spray of water.
Kānhā, I am an ascetic after your name. Kānudo has struck me with an arrow. Ah ! The arrow hurts. (MSP-101)
She believed that, Krsna's lotus feet are the ocean of happiness (Mirā ke Prabhū Giridhara Nägar, jenā caranakamala sukha sāgar re - MSP-115)
Some of her poems reflect her detached mood. She says, "What can I do with diamonds, rubies, pearl-strings, they are of no use. I have to cross the ocean of life, with the help of garland of Holy Basil.” (śū re karavu che, Rānāji, śu re karavu che ?
Hirā manek ne māre su re karavu che ? Moti nī mālā, Rānā kāma nahi ave, Tulasi ni mālāe māre taravu che.” MSP-20)
Mīrā's detachment is the result of absolute attachment to God. She is attached to her beloved Krsna and she only thinks of Krsna, lives in Krsna and she wants nothing but Krsna. Her devotion for Krsna was single-minded. She saw the entire world as Krsna and severed all worldly ties. She surrendered herself to Krsna in love. She says, 'Govind is my life, I have no liking for the world' (Govindo prāņa amāru re, mane jaga lāgyo khāro re ! MSP-4). She says, 'for being with my beloved, I am ready to drink poison. My beloved is greater than my life. If he is not there,
