Dear to the author of this book is the name of Mira. In his simple, lucid style, Sadhu T.L. Vaswani gives in this brief, beautiful volume the story of the life of this truly great one who has been adored alike by the saints and the common men of India and who, across the centuries, continues to shine with the gentle light of the evening star. In words atonce vivid and soul-stirring, the author portrays the inner spiritual experiences of Mira, her suffering and triumph, her patient search, her spirit of boundless sacrifice, the purity of her charcter and her undismayed heroism and courage.

Mira and Sur Das are the sweetest singers of Krishna in Hindi : both are famous for their songs which are charged with the wisdom and purity that see God face to face. When listened to in a receptive mood, Mira's songs, infused as they are with sincerity and devotion, move many to tears. The author's rendering into English of some of these songs captures the beauty and simplicity, the pathos and exaltation, the charm and tenderness of the original bhajans in Hindi.

Mira, as the book reveals, was not merely a singer. She was a Teacher, a Way-shower. And this fair wanderer with love-lit eyes has shown the Way to many, — the Way of union with the Lord through bhakti (loving devotion). Renouncing all desires, Mira touched the desireless state of love. And forgetting herself, losing herself, she embraced the Truth of life, — Sri Krishna. And she brought joy and inspiration to many a lonely heart. Rightly is Mira's name coupled with great singers of the Name of God and great Teachers of Krishna-bhakti like Sur Das, Namdev and Tuka, like Narsing Mehta and Premchand.