Mīrābāī (born c. 1500 CE), a royal Rājpūt woman and a devotee of Kṛṣṇa, is one of the most well-loved saints of devotional Hinduism (bhakti). The story of her life has captured people’s imagination across class, caste, language, religion, culture, geography, and time. At once the tale of a religious exemplar, an impassioned romance, and a heroic saga of struggle and triumph against adversity, her life has been retold and performed in multiple genres. The devotional songs (bhajans) that she is said…