Lalita

 Meera Bai

The story of Meera Bai, the great Bhakta of Giridhara Gopala is well known. Right from childhood she used to always do Krishnaaraadhana. Every jeevi is influenced greatly by his previous janma's karma. Same is the case with the great Meera Bai:

 

Meera Bai, in her previous janma, was born in Mathura. She was named lalita 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 Lalita before she left for Nandavrajam .

Her inlaws had a strict instruction that she would not see nor show her face to Krishna. Which she diligently followed. Even when Krishna came to their house she said I have taken a wow not to see you or show you my face. So be it said the bala Krishna. 

Finaly the moment when she had to leave for Nandavrajam came. She was taken to Nandavrajam in a beautiful pallaqi. Once there was a great storm in  Vrajam there was severe very heavy rain with thunders. The severity increased and there were huge boulders falling. .bala Krishna was giving refuge to all the towns folk under the Giridhari mountain people were gathering under it with their flock too and every one was talking how radiant and beautiful bala Krishna looked. This tempted lalita too to look at Krishna but when she saw he had turned in the other direction.  Every time she came before him he turned his face. Her yearning for him became great and it was carried to her next birth too.

It was the day when Indra showed His anger on the Vraja-vaasis. She saw a small Baalaka balancing the Govardhana giri on His little finger (left hand) and saving the lifes of Gopalas. Lalita 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 lalita experienced when she saw Shri Krishna is avyakta-madhuram . Carried forth to her next birth too. She promised Krishna that unmindful of  the community or the people she would be his baktha. Her only aim would be to serve him.  Which she did as meera Bai.

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