Re: Kabīr jis marne ṯe jag darai mere man ānanḏ ਕਬੀਰ ਜਿਸੁ ਮਰਨੇ ਤੇ ਜਗੁ ਡਰੈ ਮੇਰੇ Ą
Good stuff...totally agree with the above Sherdilji and you're on the right track.
However the doha in question seems a little different.
All these panktees and verses make up the Kabir Slok complilation and although they flow in a link, the 2 line verses each give a stand alone message.
.....So there are messages as you have correctly pointed out above about jivan mukht, death of ego, no fear of death, disassociation of mind & maya.....etc..
looking at this particular one.........
... it deviates slightly because he is mentioning the death understood by himself(1), and the death understood by the majority of jag (2)
Comparing these two, we can see that it is the ''Literal Death'' in question.
Why ?
Because he is specifically comparing himself(spiritually elevated gurmukh), and the people of the world.
If he had not compared or mentioned the rest of the jag, then the meaning would have been more inclined to death of his own haumai and moh.
As I said earlier...
Kabirji is telling us that the wordly death is seen differently by 2 sorts of people.
1) the Ignorant see it as the end as they see a time-bound consciousness and have an EGO-Being life
2) The spiritually elevated see it as something to rejoice. They see it as a new beginning, that the life was just a middle phase. The spiritual being is united with ''Paramanand''-supreme bliss.
Kabir ji already nows how to die the Ego-being life because he dies repeatedly, every day in anand in meditation.
