SUCH A LOVE FOR SRI KRISHNA !

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Salutations to Thakur, Guru, and Ma!

 

 

 

M.-"This one used to inspire Thakur so much--

 

 

 

I shall put on the gerua on my body,

 

I shall wear the ear rings

 

Made of conch shell.

 

 

 

In the garb of a yogini,

 

I shall repair to that place

 

Where resides my heartless Hari.

 

 

 

I shall make a search for Him

 

In every home in Mathura, being a yogini.

 

 

 

 

 

M.--"Such a love for Sri Krishna !

 

They were all women, but they never calculated in terms of their family or

status.

 

They renounced all modesty, contempt and the rest.

 

They gave up their children, their parents, their husbands.

 

Having forsaken their homes, they became yoginis. But why ?--

 

For His sake, for the sake of God.

 

 

 

Thakur used to say : 'On developing an iota of the gopi's love, one gets

overwhelmed.'

 

Chaitanya Deva had also attained the same state--the state of the gopis.

 

 

 

Thakur used to say : 'The fundamental is love for Satchitananda, falling into

 

the sea of the Life Eternal."

 

 

 

Satchitananda

 

Kathy

 

 

 

(M.-THE APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST. Vol. II., 373-4)

 

 

 

 

 

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Jaya Sri Radhey!

 

More about the Gopi-Saint Meerabai

 

"Undaunted by numerous public distrusts and obstacles,

devout heroine Meera esteemed the holy land of Brij

higher than the diamonds, pearls and rubies galore.

Deadly hemlock was gulped like nectar of

Krishna's feet by heroic Meera.

Nat Nagar Krishna danced to her tune but

Meera herself danced as before."

 

Devotionally perennial Bhagirathi,

royal queen Meera's devotion-drenched

verses have enchanted not only the

Indian masses but also the entire

class of devotees around the world.

 

Since Meera's grief is the grief of an earnest devotee and it is the

sorrow of a lovelorn victim of unrequieted love wasting oneself in

love, Meera is voicing the grief of people in innocent, gloomy words.

 

Meera's anguish is that of

a heart suffering separation

from the beloved Krishna.

 

The western poet Byron says that when we read Meera's verses,

it is experienced that her words "Girdhar Nagar (Lord Krishna)"

allow us to feel the presence of Lord Krishna in reality.

 

This alone is the magic of Meera's verses !

 

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http://www.chandrakantha.com/biodata/mira.html

 

Mira Bai - A brief biography of Mira, the saint who dedicated her

life to the devotion of Krishna.

 

Includes bhajans in streaming audio.

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!