Indias Yogi MEERABAI.

  Rajasthan is famous for Courage and Bravery. Almost 60 % of the war’s occurred in this region. Ironically, in this land of war, MEERABAI,was born in approx 1498 to teach love for Lord Krishna. There is hardly anybody who does-not know the name of MEERABAI. She was one of the greatest devotees of Lord Krishna. MEERABAI’s father was the King of Medeta.

  In her childhood, her mother told her casually that Lord Krishna was her husband. But, Meera took this very seriously and she devoted her entire life to Lord Krishna. During her youth also, she did not stop considering Lord Krishna as her husband. All her dreams started and ended around Lord Krishna only. Along with the passage of time, Meeras’s love and devotion towards Lord Krishna increased more and more. In 1519, Meera was married to Bhojraj, the King of Mewad. He had all due affection and respect towards Meera but her heart was filled with devotion towards Lord Krishna only.

  She could not stop worshipping Lord Krishna even after marriage. She used to consider Lord Krishna as her husband and always sung Lord Krishna’s Bhajans as a Sanyasini. How could her husband accept that his Queen was spending her life as Sanyasini. He started making plans for murdering her. But Meera’s devotion and love towards Lord Krishna was so dedicated and stable that even poison turned into nectar. Meera thus devoted her whole life to Lord Krishna.

She said :

मेरे तो गिरधर गोपाल दूसरों न कोई|
जाके सिर मोर मुकट मेरो पति सोई||

तात मात भ्रात बंधु आपनो न कोई|
छाड़ि दई कुलकि कानि कहा करिहै कोई||

  Lord Krishna is everything to me. My mother, father, brothers is not mine but Lord Krishna is my family. Meera says that without GURU or Spiritual teacher, devotion cannot be made. A devoted person can only lead you to God and he is a true GURU. From Meera’s Bhajan’s, it is understood that RAVIDAS was her Spiritual Teacher. Inspite of the fact that Ravidas was of lower caste, Meera followed him and other Saints. There are differences in the dates about the death of Meerabai. It is claimed she died in the years 1546, 1547, 1548.

  According to Herman Goetez, Meerabai disappeared during her tour of North India after Dwarka.   She spread the message of love and devotion towards Lord Krishna in India. The Kings of Chittor were busy enjoying their power and wealth and they hardly remembered Meerabai and they did not even search for her. Meerabai got lost completely in the worship of Lord Krishna. Meerabai taught the world the true power of spiritual love towards Lord Krishna to such an extent that all other methods of devotion appeared powerless.

MEERABAI’S LITERATURE.:

• Meerabai wrote lot of devotional songs called Bhajans. They imparted a very high level if spiritual experience. The songs reflected her own spiritual progress and experiences.
• Meera used different languages in her literature such as Hindi, Gujrati, Brij, Avadhi, Bhojpuri, Arabic, Marwari, Farsi, Maithili, Punjabi and Sanskrit.
• Meerabai was a unique poetess who showed profound devotion and extreme sacrifice towards God in her songs.