Poetry of India 2/100: Kabir’s Doha on the Potter and the Clay, Explained
Part 2 of The Poetry Pulse’s 100-part journey through India’s poetic heritage.Kabir’s couplets are brief, but their compact form carries layers of spiritual, ethical and social criticism. One famous doha imagines a potter shaping clay, while the clay reminds the potter that one day the roles will reverse: the person who handles the earth will eventually return to it. Versions of this couplet diff…
