For the first time in known history, Budha initiated a woman, Ambapali, in Dhamma Order. After that for 2,000 years not a single woman (except Sanghmitra, daughter of Emperor Ashok) could enter the domain of Dhamma preachers. It is very perplexing that after a whopping period of 2,000 years, it was only Guru Ravidas who dared to initiate a woman (Meera) to the path of Dhamma preaching.
The life story of Meera, as taught in school books, tells that at the age of 4-5, she decided to marry a Brahmanical god, Krishna. But when she grew up, she was married off to one Bhoj, brother of an infamous Rana. But soon she became widow. Then, she set out in quest of god Krishna.
RANA’S CRUELTIES
Rana annoyed with her love for Krishna, made several attempts to kill her but with the grace of her Giridhar, she survived. Fed up of Rana’s cruelties, she left home and reached Dwarka. Rana sent his Brahmans emissaries to bring her back. One evening they found her in a temple. Next morning, the Brahmans showed the odhani i.e. mantle of Meera, to the devotees and declared that she has “penetrated” into the idol of Krishna
A simple perusal of this cock and bull story reveals that it is nothing but a cold blooded murder.
The reasons are:
(1) No devotee of any stature could ever enter the idol of any god leave alone a small creature like Meera. Even Sankaracharya, the “supreme saint of Brahmanism”, could not put even nail of his little finger into any of his gods’ idols.
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(2) After the event of “penetration”, the physical appearance, life of Meera ended .
(3) Only three things can bring death: i) age (natural death), ii) self (suicide) and ii) others (homicide-murder or accident). The death to Meera did not come because of these three factors. Hence she did not die a natural death. We find no mention that she committed suicide or that she met with an accident.
(4) No book or story mentions the place where she died, where her funeral rites were held, who lit her pyre, who immersed her ashes into which river etc. It proves that no such thing happened with Meera
In other words, the Brahmins not only brutally murdered her but also disposed of her body without performing any rites.
(5)The Brahmins have the right to commit such an act as per their sacred scripture which declares that as Agni does not acquire any sin for burning innocent people. So too the Brahmin acquires no sin for doing any sinful act. Hence what ‘sins’ those sin-proof Brahmins committed to Meera for whole night, is anybody’s guess.
MURDER PERMITTED
(6). The history of Brahminism is testimony to the fact that they murdered anybody and everybody who challenged their supremacy. Even their supreme god Vishnu was kicked by the Brahmin for not doing Namaste. Right from Vritar, Nahush, Ravana, Charvak, Moglanya, Vrihdarth to Guru Ravidas and Meera, the list of their victims is endless. If Parshu, the Brahmin, could commit wholesale genocide of Kshatriyas, what resistance tiny. Meera could pose before their mafia might?
(7). A child at the age of 4-5 years cannot take ‘decision’ or ‘pledge to marry a particular person. We find no mention in her entire volume of writings that she ever pledged to marry Krishna. Nor do we find any mention that she resisted marrying Bhoj. So the story of her promise to marry Krishna is also bogus. More so a god is always treated as ‘Father’ and never as ‘husband’ or sex partner
(8). Among Rajputs (clan of Meera & Rana) worshipping the Brahminic god Krishna is not a sin and not а crime that attracts capital punishment. There were and are thousands of Rajputanis who revere Krishna. We find no mention that of any of other women being persecuted on this plea.
CRIMES OF MEERA
(9). Rather her ‘love’ for Krishna was way of advertisement for Brahmins to increase their income from Rajput families. Hence ‘Krishna’ could never be reason for annoyance to Rana or his master :Brahmins.
Hence the real question is: What ‘crime’ did Meera commit that the Brahmins had no choice but to eliminate her? The series of her ‘crimes’ include
(1). In a clan where a widow was bound to be burnt alive with her husband’s corpse, Meera defied this holy rule. It was not less than a revolt/coup. She even did not get her head tonsured.
(2). Not only she defied this ‘holy rule’, she also challenged the supremacy of Brahmins who made this rule. Her bani is testimony to this fact.
(3). She did not stop there. She went to the extent of denouncing all Brahminic rituals and dogmas, their scriptures, places of worship, gods and all. She called them Matlab ke garji i.e. wretched selfish beings.
(4). The last nail on her coffin proved to be her association with Guru Ravidas who baptized her in Sharman Dhamma. From her writings it appears she took asylum with Guru Ravidas after revolting against the holy rule of sati.
(5). After joining Guru Ravidas’ Dhamma, she invited him to her native place. She offered him greater respect than to the Brahmins. This infuriated them to such an extent that they murdered Guru Ravidas on the spot. However, Meera escaped momentarily.
(6). The most stunning part of her writings is the fact that she described Guru Ravidas as her ‘Giridhar Nagar’ (saint from city) ‘Gobind’ (God) ‘Bhagwan’ (God) ‘Priytam (dearest) ‘Bhedna (secret sharer), Swami (master).
SAINT-SOLDIER OF RAVIDAS
Hence, defiance of Brahmins, Brahmanism and reverence of an Untouchable was the reason for her brutal murder.
The distorted life and struggle of Meera is one of the innumerable examples; how Brahmins can distort facts and history. She denounced all Brahminic gods, avatars including Krishna as worthless. But the whole world is made to believe that she loved and worshipped Krishna. Her Giridhar is made synonym of Krishna. If synonymous names could be basis for declaring ‘Giridhar Nagar’ to be ‘Giridhar Krishna’; should we call all persons having name as Dashrath as fathers of Ram. Or all Arjun named persons as jija (husband of sister) of Giridhar Krishna.
Meera was a soldier in the army of saint-soldier Ravidas who raided castles of Brahminism. Both of them sacrificed their lives to save people from its clutches. But, alas, today both of them are being used as tools to spread Brahminism.
