A Comparative Analysis of Two Great Original Thinkers and Philosophers of the World.......

1. KabirKabir andTagore as Poets:andTagore as Poets:
A Comparative StudyA Comparative Study
Research-oriented Approach to Study
Prof. O. P. Budholia
&
Dr. Naveen K Mehta
Department of English
Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies, Barla,
Raisen (MP)

2. KabirKabir and Tagore As Poetsand Tagore As Poets
 Two eminent poets of India--Kabir and Tagore
have created a flowing stream in their
respective poetic creations.
 Tagore has written Gitanjali and at the same
time he has also translated 100 poems oftime he has also translated 100 poems of
Kabir.
 A critical analysis of his translation brings the
fact in to being that Tagore has undergone the
influences of Kabir on his poetic creations

3. KabirKabir and Tagore As Poetsand Tagore As Poets
 Kabir was born in medieval period of
Bhaktikaal while Tagore belongs to modern
times.
 But, both the poets have raised the voice
against the social ills of their respective period.against the social ills of their respective period.
 So far as social and moral reforms are
concerned Kabir is still relevant to modern
India and he thus becomes an inspiring source
to the writings of Tagore.

4. KabirKabir and Tagore:Their Mystic Ideasand Tagore:Their Mystic Ideas
 In both the poets one finds the presence of mysticism, Indian ethos,
fullness of life the divine radiance of love, the between finite and
infinite the stress on renunciation and human services, the negation
of caste, creed and social inequalities.
Here are some comparisons:
 (1) for their adhyatmic experience, both the poets find abode of God
neither in temple nor in mosque. He is not to be found in images andneither in temple nor in mosque. He is not to be found in images and
symbols, but He can be experienced in the heart of man:
“O Servant where dost thou seek me/Lo! I am beside theeI am
neither in Kaba nor in Kailash/I am neither in temple nor in
mosqueKabir , "O Sadhu! God is the breath of all breath”
 Tagore at the instance of Kabir convinces us of the views that one
can't meet the infinite by chanting, singing, and telling of beads:
" Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corner of temple
with door all shut? Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before
thee"

5. The Concept of LoveThe Concept of Love
 Love is shown by both the poets as the
leitmotif between God and man.
 In the poems of Kabir, one finds the mystical
abstraction of looking at God as Divine Lover
and devotee as bride.and devotee as bride.
 In the visionary deliberations of Kabir and
Tagore, love transcends all other barriers for
the Union between God and man.

6. Social ReformsSocial Reforms
 Kabir and Tagore are great reformers; they both
denounced the ills of society. Both the poets
countermand the meaningless formalism.
 Both the poets regard home as the best place
for worship.for worship.
 Kabir finds "both bondage and deliverance in
the home" Tagore too says, "No my friend, I shall
never leave my hearth and home, and retire in
the forest solitude"

7. Ideas About Life and DeathIdeas About Life and Death
 There is deep similarity regarding the concept
of death between these two poets:
 Tagore and Kabir think over the idea of death
not something frightening but a common feature
of the divine scheme.of the divine scheme.

8. UniversalValidityUniversalValidity
 Thus, both the poets--Kabir and Tagore--confronted
with the problems of social disintegration, religious
doubts and moral degeneration, but they brought in
society an awareness through divine love and self-
renunciation for exulting at the social ills prevailing
during their times.
 Therefore, the religious, social and humanitarian ideas Therefore, the religious, social and humanitarian ideas
affirmed by Kabir and Tagore are acceptable even
today.
 Both Kabir and Tagore bring forth an awareness en
masse for accomplishing a new social structure and
social order and for discovering many possibilities for
the nucleus of human happiness

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