Mirabai - The Princess Who Chose God (Bhakti Yoga)

Dadi**: "Guddu, what would you do if your family wanted you to marry someone, but your heart belonged to God?"

Guddu**: "That's a hard choice, Dadi."

Dadi**: "Mirabai faced exactly that. She was a princess of Rajasthan, destined for a political marriage. But from childhood, her heart was Krishna's."

Guddu**: "How did that start?"

Dadi**: "When she was just a little girl, a wandering saint gave her a small idol of Krishna. 'Who is this?' she asked. 'This is Krishna, the Lord of the Universe,' he said. And young Mira declared: 'Then he is my husband. I will marry no other.'"

Guddu**: "She decided as a child?"

Dadi**: "Her family laughed - children say such things. But Mira never changed her mind. At sixteen, she was married to Prince Bhoj Raj of Mewar. But on her wedding night, she didn't go to her husband's chamber."

Guddu**: "Where did she go?"

Dadi**: "To her temple room, where she had installed her Krishna idol. She sang devotional songs through the night. 'I have already been married,' she told her shocked in-laws. 'Krishna is my husband.'"

Guddu**: "They must have been angry!"

Dadi**: "Furious! They threatened her, isolated her, tried to explain reality. But Mira continued singing. Her songs weren't quiet devotion - they were passionate declarations of love that shocked the royal court."

Guddu**: "What happened to her husband?"

Dadi**: "He died young. As a widow, Mira was expected to withdraw from public life. Instead, she began singing in temples, dancing in public, meeting with saints and beggars."

Guddu**: "That broke all the rules!"

Dadi**: "The new king - her brother-in-law - decided she had to be eliminated. He sent her poison disguised as sacred water."

Guddu**: "Did she drink it?"

Dadi**: "She drank it while singing Krishna's name. Nothing happened! She kept singing. He sent a basket with a snake inside, claiming it was flowers. When Mira opened it, the snake had become a garland!"

Guddu**: "Krishna protected her!"

Dadi**: "Again and again. A bed of nails became soft as silk. Every attempt to harm her failed. 'What power protects you?' the king demanded."

Guddu**: "What did she say?"

Dadi**: "She said: 'The only power there is. Love. Complete love leaves no room for fear, no room for death. I don't survive because I'm special. I survive because there's no 'I' left to die. There is only Krishna.'"

Guddu**: "She had become one with God!"

Dadi**: "Eventually, even the king gave up. Mira left the palace and wandered across India, singing, teaching, gathering devotees. Her songs are still sung today - hundreds of them!"

Guddu**: "What happened in the end?"

Dadi**: "She spent her final years in Dwarka, Krishna's city. One day, she entered the temple, still singing, and walked toward the idol. Witnesses say she merged into it - her physical form dissolving into divine form."

Guddu**: "She became the idol!"

Dadi**: "She became what she had always loved. Her teaching is simple: devotion isn't part of life - it can BECOME life itself. When you love the Divine that completely, nothing else matters."

Guddu**: "Dadi, her love was really strong."

Dadi**: "The strongest force in the universe, beta. She was called mad by many. But her madness showed what sanity looks like when sanity means loving what deserves to be loved - completely, without reservation, to the very end."