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प्रश्न
Read the following source carefully and answer the questions that follow:
| Love for the Lord |
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This is part of a song attributed to Mirabai: In another verse, she sings: |
- Examine the reason for calling Meera Bai an ascetic figure.
- Analyze Meera Bai’s relation with Mewar.
- How was Mirabai unique among the poet-saints of the Bhakti movement?
उत्तर
- i. Meera Bai led a life of asceticism and became a devotional and mystic poet.
ii. She stood against the conventions of her times.
iii. She showed her spiritual devotion to Krishna. - Mira Bai was married to the crown prince of Mewar but after a few years, Rana of Mewar died.
- i. Mirabai was unique among the poet-saints of the Bhakti movement owing to her socio-economic background as well as her gender.
ii. Born a princess, she opted for the life of a saint.
iii. She lived a life of austerity.
iv. She showed absolute devotion to her beloved Krishna.
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