Mirabai Poems

Mirabai was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet. She is celebrated as a saint and the north Indian Hindu tradition. Legends around her praise her disregard for social norms and conventions. She is the subject of numerous folktales.

A Limb Just Moved

by Mirabai

‘A Limb Just Moved’ is a poem attributed to Mirabai, a Hindu mystic and Bahkti saint who lived in the sixteenth century and was well-known for her incredible devotion to Krishna, and to her faith.

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