In the 15th century, Sant Kabir Das in Varanasi and Narsinh Mehta in Junagadh composed vernacular verses that spoke directly to ordinary people in Hindi and Gujarati. Their couplets strip away pretension and place empathy—feeling the pain of others (Peed Parayi) and speaking without ego—at the heart of wisdom.
How 15th-century Hindi Dohas and Gujarati Prabhatiyas made compassion, humility, and self-examination accessible to everyone.
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