SOURCE: Schelling, Andrew. “‘Where's My Beloved?’: Mirabai's Prem Bhakti Marg.” In Vaisnavi: Women and the Worship of Krishna, edited by Steven J. Rosen, pp. 47-58. Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1996.
In the following essay, both academic and personal in tone, Schelling identifies Sanskrit influences on Mirabai's work, reflects on why Mira's songs are so compelling to modern North American audiences, and finds the reasons partly in the prem bhakti marg of the title, the path of romance and worship.
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