Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c43.t1.593

v3.c43.t1.593

Krishna Temples.—On leaving the court of Rana Raemall, we reach two immense temples dedicated to the black god of Vraj; one being erected by Rana Kumbha, the other by his celebrated wife, the chief poetess of that age, Mira Bai, to the god of her idolatry, Shamnath.¹ We have elsewhere mentioned the ecstasies of this fair votary of the Apollo of the Yamuna, who even danced before his shrine, in which her last moments were passed; and, to complete the picture, so entirely were the effusions both of her heart and pen approved, that “the god descended from his pedestal and gave her an embrace, which extricated the spark of life. ‘Welcome, Mira,’ said the lover of Radha; and her soul was absorbed into his!” This rhapsody is worthy of the fair authoress of the Tika, or sequel to the Gita Govinda,² which is said not to be unworthy even of Jayadeva.