Separation (Viraha) and its manifestaions
Devi Meera's whole life was a reflection of this separation with her beloved Krishna. Her life was an expression of this pain of separation or viraha. Not only this, until her final union and dissolution in the divine form of Sri Krishna, her Giridhar Nagar, she had experienced all the stages of love and separation, description of this can be found in her poetry. The foundation of love is separation. Love without separation is meaningless like body without life. Only in separation can we really experience live in its true form. Separation has been said to be of three types: future separation, present separation and past separation. 1. That beloved will leave in the future, this results in pain - is 'future separation'. In union, there is always anxiousness due to the ever impending departure of the beloved. As the time passes by, the anxiety intensifies making one restless. 2. We experience heart rending pain when the beloved leaves - this is called 'present separ...