The Bard & the Blue

 

"I am the same to all beings, and my love is ever the same; but those who worship me with devotion, they are in me and I am in them."

~ The Bhagwad

The bard and the blue

the tale of mirabai

Once there lived a bright little girl,

Kurki fort, Birthplace of Mira

who was the light of Kurki fort,

on the fort ramparts, she would twirl,

and sit by Ratan Singh in court.

Once she saw a marriage procession,

and asked her granny a question,

"Dadi sa, who's the man on the horse?"

"A groom on his way to his wife's destination."

Hoysaleshwara Krishna sculpture

The little girl asked another,

of where her bridegroom was,

Over the question pondered the grandmother,

and she said Krishna, as the story has.

Over the years she worshipped his statue,

danced, sang, bathed and dressed him,

for it was Krishna who she was attached to,

One whose love is beyond a hymn.

Chittor Fort, Ruled under
Rana Kumbha when Mira was his
better-half. 

Over the years, as she grew,

Towards him, her devotion did too.

When the time came for her to be queen,

to the the fort of Chittor, she went in.

Every day she would go to the temple,

and worship the blue god,

Her in-laws tried to get her dreams to crumple,

but she would be protected by the lord.

Akbar(1542-1605), the great
Mughal Emperor,
grandson of Babur(1483-1530),
the founder
of the Mughal empire.

As she wrote down about her & the lord.

People came to know her as a bard.

She went famous far and wide,

and word went to Akbar's court inside.

Akbar emphasized on Hindu culture,

he read about the Krishna sculpture.

He wanted to go and pay the queen a visit,

but knew, that her religion wouldn't permit.

Tansen, one of the nine gems of
Akbar's court

So Tansen and Akbar went in guise,

and watched her sing and dance with grace.

Before death could have befallen sunrise,

they came back after gifting her a necklace.

The Dwarka Shrine Of Lord Krishna,
The greatest artist, teacher, warrior
and leader.

And as for time to go and come,

she hated this material world,

she went to the Dwarka shrine of Him,

to pray and with him be one.

As she prayed and danced and sang,

from the grey, the blue lord sprang.

And as she sang her last hymn,

she merged with the blue to be one with him.

When she left a sadness wave,

all treasures were lost that Akbar gave.

Now it's your time to find the shine,

one that's beyond the Taleteller's rhyme.

                                    ~Vihaan