Mirabai

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Whenever questioned about Mira, Srila Prabhupada accepted her as being a

devotee. He never spoke against her but made no endeavor to promote her

bhajans or style of bhajan.

 

I heard from Bhakti Caru Swami, who presumably read it in Bengali, that

Bhakivinoda Thakura had stated Mira to be a sentimentalist.

 

Certainly her mood, of calling Krishna to come to her, is hardly that of

becoming the servant of the servant and is not appreciable by Gaudiyas, who

wish to unite Radha with Krishna, not to try as does Candravali to

personally enjoy Krishna and thus become a competitor to Radha.

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achintya, "Bhakti Vikasa Swami"

<Bhakti.Vikasa.Swami@p...> wrote:

> Whenever questioned about Mira, Srila Prabhupada accepted her as

being a

> devotee. He never spoke against her but made no endeavor to promote

her

> bhajans or style of bhajan.

>

> Certainly her mood, of calling Krishna to come to her, is hardly

that of

> becoming the servant of the servant and is not appreciable by

Gaudiyas, who

> wish to unite Radha with Krishna, not to try as does Candravali to

> personally enjoy Krishna and thus become a competitor to Radha.

 

Perhaps this is one of those situations where one can only admire the

intensity of the devotional sentiment, if not the sentiment itself.

There may be others who are clearly elevated devotees, though not

fully understanding of some of the advanced features of rasa

theology. Probably Srila Prabhupdada's stance in this case is best.

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Bhakti Vikasa Maharaja wrote about Mirabai:

 

"Certainly her mood, of calling Krishna to come to her, is hardly that of

becoming the servant of the servant and is not appreciable by Gaudiyas, who

wish to unite Radha with Krishna, not to try as does Candravali to

personally enjoy Krishna and thus become a competitor to Radha.".

 

I have a question on a similar topic. In Bhagavatam 10th canto, 31st

chapter, we see when Krishna left the gopis, the gopis were searching for

Him everywhere and implored Him to come back to them. Of course, this was

not for their personal sense gratification but for serving the Lord, as

explained by the acaryas.

 

Now what was Mira's mood? She asked Krishna to come to her and is this

different from the mood of the gopis? Please forgive me if I am being

offensive in comparing Mira to the gopis. I just want to understand better.

And I would like to stick to Srila Prabhupada's stand personally. But when I

talk to devotees of Krishna outside ISKCON, they ask questions about Mirabai

and I would like to explain to them a bit more clearly.

 

Thanks

Raghuram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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