Rabindranath Tagore Gitanjali Summary

This paper purposes to grow the concern on Eco-critical studies. Tagore was a follower and deep lover of nature; he was deeply influenced by nature; he considered nature as like the God. Tagore’s Gitanjali is the true expression of environmental literature. We can find eco-spiritualism, deep ecology, anthropocentricism in Gitanjali. Tagore says nature is the gift of god for the habitant of this earth, but except all the animals; only human beings are disturbing and misusing the natural resources. Therefore one must try to make mind to adjust with nature not to change and disturb it. Tagore’s poetry focuses the need for human beings to live in harmony with nature.
Key Words (Introduction, Ecology & Nature, Eco-criticism, Eco-spiritualism)
Introduction

He tried to maintain the relationship between human and nature. Tagore had an ardent love for nature that is why he put his entire concern to write about environment. In fact The Gitanjali is a great text which effectively describes the Tagore's treatment of nature and concern for ecology. As in the rest of his poetry water imagery predominates. The stream and the rivers, the sea and the ocean; the clouds and the lightning, the rain and the flood, the boat and the vessel, the traveller and the voyage, pools, rivulets and showers have a pleasing assemblage there. In the opening song of Gitanjali, he compared human body to a "frail vessel", which "though in the emptiest form that again and again and filled it ever with fresh life"
Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life.
This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new. At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable.
Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of

That produces the joy and ecstasy in human life it is deep calm at her heart. Beginning lines of Gitanjali confirm the belief that the activities of world are maintained by the recycle of same kind of substance. In fact humans are also the part of these substances that is why they cannot distinguish themselves from the substance because they are formed by the substance and pass the same ecological substance to their generation. If man establishes close relationship with Her, he can assimilate “hidden rush of the life-force streaming though Nature; the trembling sprouts of the blade, the mute joy of the blossoms; the frenzied delight of tree, grass and leaves as, spread in the radiant sun, they drink in light and life, and can be