Bhakta Meera is my most favorite character of Indian Mythology. Meera was one of the greatest devotees of Lord Krishna. Sri Krishna was in her dreams, awake or asleep. All the time she thought only of Krishna. Meera lives in the hearts of Hindus as the very embodiment of Bhakti. Meera occupies a sacred place in the history of Indian thought and culture, for her deep and passionate religious devotion, also for her poetry.
She was a Rajasthani princess . She lost her mother in her childhood. As Meera grew up, her desire to be with her Krishna grew intensely and she believed that Lord Krishna would come to marry her.
The intense devotion Mira had right from her childhood formed into this kind of love for God. Meera grew up getting more and more attached to her Lord.
She saw Krishna in trees, in stones, in creepers, in flowers, thunder, lightning, and in every living and non-living being. She had a wonderful personality. She was a princess, but she abandoned the pleasures and luxuries and chose a life of poverty, austerity, tyaga and vairagya.
When the relation between God and the devotee is one of love and of intimacy it is called 'Madhurya Bhava'. This is considered the highest form of devotion. She was one of the foremost exponents of the divine Love and an inspired poetess. Meera’s songs infuse Faith, Courage, Devotion and the unconditional Love of God in the minds of the devotees.The songs inspire the aspirants to follow the path of devotion through a simple sadhana, true love, and they produce in the singer and the listener a unique experience of exhilaration and tranquility at the same time. She immersed herself in the love of Giridhara Gopala.
Mere to giridhar gopal, doosro na koyi
(For me it's Giridhar Gopal, and no one else)
Jake sar mormukut, mero pathi soyi
(The One with the peacock feather on his head, He is my husband)
Meera’s language of love is so powerful that anyone will be moved by her devotion.
Meera had Anuraga and Ragatmika Bhakti. Meera taught the world the way to love God.
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