Analysis of O my mind

Mirabai 1498 (Kudki, Pali district, Jodhpur State) – 1556 (Dwaraka)



O my mind,
Worship the lotus feet of the Indestructible One!
Whatever thou seest twixt earth and sky
Will perish.
Why undertake fasts and pilgrimages?
Why engage in philosophical discussions?
Why commit suicide in Banaras?
Take no pride in the body,
It will soon be mingling with the dust.
This life is like the sporting of sparrows,
It will end with the onset of night.
Why don the ochre robe
And leave Home as a sannyasi?
Those who adopt the external garb of a Jogi,
But do not penetrate to the secret,
Are caught again in the net of rebirth.
Mira's Lord is the courtly Giridhara.
Deign to sever, O Master.
All the knots in her heart.


Scheme ABCDEFEGHIJKELMNOOP
Poetic Form
Metre 111 1001011001001 10111101 110 110101000 10100100010 1011001 1110010 1111100101 1111010110 11110111 110101 011101 110100101101 111101010 1101001101 1110101 1110110 101001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 644
Words 119
Sentences 13
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 501
Words per stanza (avg) 117
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mirabai

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