Question
Read the following extract and answer the question that follows.
Beyond the Rana's palace
This is a song composed by Mirabai:
Ranaji, I have left your norms of shame,
and false decorum of the princely life.
I have left your town.
And yet Rana why have you kept up enmity against me?
Rana you gave me a cup of poison.
I drank it laughing.
Rana I will not be destroyed by you.
And yet Rana why have you kept
up enmity against me?
Why do you think Mirabai left the Rana's palace?

Answer

Mirabai left Rana's palace because she chose to abandon the luxuries of the princely life, which included shame and false decorum. She felt a deep calling towards her devotion to Lord Krishna and wanted to lead a life focused on her spiritual path rather than the worldly life of a princess.

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