Kabir on Death - Jis Marne Te Jag Dare

Jis marne te jag dare, mere man anand, 
Marne te hi paiye puran parmanand
(Death, that terrifies most in this world, is what brings me happiness
it is in Death alone that one finds eternal bliss.)

– Kabir doha recited by Bhagat Singh when conveyed the judgement on his death sentence

Similar ideas in a longer shabad by Bhagat Kabir on death -

ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥
गउड़ी कबीर जी ॥
Gaoṛī Kabīr jī.
Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

ਜਿਹ ਮਰਨੈ ਸਭੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਤਰਾਸਿਆ ॥
जिह मरनै सभु जगतु तरासिआ ॥
Jih marnai sabẖ jagaṯ ṯarāsiā.
That death which terrifies the entire world -

ਸੋ ਮਰਨਾ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸਿਆ ॥੧॥
सो मरना गुर सबदि प्रगासिआ ॥१॥
So marnā gur sabaḏ pargāsiā. ||1||
the nature of that death has been revealed to me, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||

ਅਬ ਕੈਸੇ ਮਰਉ ਮਰਨਿ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥
अब कैसे मरउ मरनि मनु मानिआ ॥
Ab kaise marao maran man māniā.
Now, how shall I die? My mind has already accepted death.

ਮਰਿ ਮਰਿ ਜਾਤੇ ਜਿਨ ਰਾਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
मरि मरि जाते जिन रामु न जानिआ ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
Mar mar jāṯe jin rām na jāniā. ||1|| rahāo.
Those who do not know the Lord, die over and over again, and then depart. ||1||Pause||

ਮਰਨੋ ਮਰਨੁ ਕਹੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਈ ॥
मरनो मरनु कहै सभु कोई ॥
Marno maran kahai sabẖ koī.
Everyone says, "I will die, I will die".

ਸਹਜੇ ਮਰੈ ਅਮਰੁ ਹੋਇ ਸੋਈ ॥੨॥
सहजे मरै अमरु होइ सोई ॥२॥
Sėhje marai amar hoe soī. ||2||
But he alone becomes immortal, who dies with intuitive understanding. ||2||

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਮਨਿ ਭਇਆ ਅਨੰਦਾ ॥
कहु कबीर मनि भइआ अनंदा ॥
Kaho Kabīr man bẖaiā ananḏā.
Says Kabeer, my mind is filled with bliss;

ਗਇਆ ਭਰਮੁ ਰਹਿਆ ਪਰਮਾਨੰਦਾ ॥੩॥੨੦॥
गइआ भरमु रहिआ परमानंदा ॥३॥२०॥
Gaiā bẖaram rahiā parmānanḏā. ||3||20||
my doubts have been eliminated, and I am in ecstasy. ||3||20||



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