The Shayar says that this is the intoxication of wine; your ego is excessive. A human has become like an animal and is lost in the grip of greed.
Kabir suggests that the 'intoxication' he describes is not from wine, but from the blinding intoxication of ego and worldly attachment. When pride takes over, a person loses their fundamental humanity, devolving into a state driven purely by animalistic instincts. This Shayar uses this powerful metaphor to warn us that greed and materialism are the true chains that bind us.
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