Retracing the Inbuilt Eco traces in Sant Kabir's Dohe

Abstract

Bhasha literature evolved due to our country's shift from using
various regional languages instead of classical Sanskrit. This type of
literature got its support from different socio-religious movements
occurring nationwide like the Bhakti movement, the Sufi movement
etc., beginning as early as the 8th century to the 17th century. The
earliest works can be retraced to around 12th century, with great
poetical appeal. Saints like Kabir, Tulsidas etc., challenged orthodox
traditions with devotion. Kabir's poetry holds an ecocritical voice
and stands as a powerful ethical critique to conserve nature,
delivering its importance. This paper focusses on retracing the inbuilt
eco traces in Kabir's Dohe. Further, it also analyses the Dohe and
emphasizes on how Kabir evolved a Global perspective long before
the advent of Eurocentric ecocritical thought. His Dohe, in particular
render a protest against human greed, domination and pride of
control which eventually lead to both social and environmental
destruction. This paper upholds the significance of further in research
Sant Kabir's Dohe.