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Meera Bai
10 quotes
“For your sake, I gave up all pleasures, Now why are you making me long for you? You create the pang of separation inside the bosom So that you can come and quench it? O! Lord! Now I will not leave you Smilingly, call me soon! Meera is your servant in birth after birth Unite me with you in every limb.”
Meera Bai (1498–1552) said by 1552 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mother, I have bargained and bought Govinda! Let some say:Cheap!Let some say:Costly! I have weighed in the balance. Let some say:He is in the house, some say!In the woods! Sporting in the company of Radha! When Meera’s Lord Giridhar Krishna comes, love.”
Meera Bai (1498–1552) said by 1552 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I want you to have this, all the beauty in my eyes, and the grace of my mouth, all the splendor of my strength, all the wonder of the musk parts of my body, for are we not talking about real love, real love?”
Meera Bai (1498–1552) said by 1552 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don't forget love; it will bring all the madness you need to unfurl yourself across the universe.”
Meera Bai (1498–1552) said by 1552 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One night as I walked in the desert the mountains rode on my shoulders and the sky became my heart, and the earth - my own body, I explored. Every object began to wink at me, and Mira wisely calculated thinking, My charms must be at their height now would be a good time to rush into his arms, maybe He won't drop me so quick.”
Meera Bai (1498–1552) said by 1552 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Great Dancer is my husband," Mira says, "rain washes off all the other colors.”
Meera Bai (1498–1552) said by 1552 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My lover's gone off to some foreign country, sopping wet at our doorway I watch the clouds rupture. Mira says, nothing can harm him. This passion has yet to be slaked.”
Meera Bai (1498–1552) said by 1552 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That dark dweller in Btaj Is my only refuge. O, my companion, Worldly comfort is an illusion, As soon as you get it, it goes I have chosen the Indestructible for my refuge Whom the snake of death Will not devour. My Beloved dwells in my heart, I have actually seen that Abode of Joy. Mir’s Lord is Hari, the Indestructible My Lord, I have taken refuge with Thee Thy slave.”
Meera Bai (1498–1552) said by 1552 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O my companion, worldly comfort is 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.”
Meera Bai (1498–1552) said by 1552 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have felt the swaying of the elephant's shoulders; and now you want me to climb on a jackass? Try to be serious.”
Meera Bai (1498–1552) said by 1552 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source