Meera Bai

Meera Bai

The story of Meera Bai, the great devotee of Giridhara Gopala is well known. Right from childhood she used to always do Krishna-araadhana. Every soul is influenced greatly by their previous birth's karma. Same is the case with the great Meera Bai:

Meera Bai, in her previous janma, was born in Mathura. She was married at an young age to a boy from Nandavrajam. "In the Nandavrajam there is Baala Krishna. It seems none can escape His maaya. All the vanitas forget everything and completely come under His control it seems. They leave their families too. Please be careful my dear" ' this is what everybody kept on warning Meera Bai before she left for Nandavrajam .

Finally the moment when she had to leave for Nandavrajam came. She was taken to Nandavrajam in a beautiful pallaqi. On the way to Vrajam there was severe very heavy rain with thunders. The severity increased and there were huge boulders falling. The people carrying the pallaqi left it and ran for their lifes. Not knowing what happened, Meera Bai opened the pallaqi window and saw this parama-adbhuta scence:

It was the day when Indra showed His anger on the Vraja-vaasis. She saw a small Baalaka balancing the Govardhana giri mountain on His little finger (left hand) and saving the lifes of Gopalas. Meera was awe-struck. The image of Govardhana Giridhaari just got fixed in her mind. In no time a boulder fell on her too and she lost her life. The bhaavam which Meera experienced when she saw Shri Krishna is avyakta-madhuram (If explanied bhaavam will reduce).

All the Meera Bhajans end with Giridhara Gopala (Makutam).

Originally posted by: chandnii

thnx a lot rimi for opening d beautiful thread 😛

so beautiful story thnx again dear😛😛😛

That dark dweller in Braj

Is my only refuge.

O my companion, worldly comfort is an illusion,

As soon you get it, it goes.

I have chosen the indestructible for my refuge,

Him whom the snake of death will not devour.

My beloved dwells in my heart all day,

I have actually seen that abode of joy.

Meera's lord is Hari, the indestructible.

My lord, I have taken refuge with you, your maidservant

Originally posted by: JMGlover

one bhajan translated in english

That dark dweller in Braj

Is my only refuge.

O my companion, worldly comfort is an illusion, As soon you get it, it goes. I have chosen the indestructible for my refuge,

Him whom the snake of death will not devour.

My beloved dwells in my heart all day, I have actually seen that abode of joy. Meera's lord is Hari, the indestructible.

My lord, I have taken refuge with you, your maidservant

Originally posted by: jai sri ram

thank u very much !!

i too liked the story ........

very interesting !!

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Swati and Ankita,