हिन्दी
Yama (Death) says, life being a form of death, and death being a form of life, the only true existence is eternal, divine and immortal. 'Good' is one thing, and 'Pleasant' is a completely different thing, and both bind men in different ways. Of these two, the person who accepts 'Good', he is blessed, and the one who chooses 'Pleasant', he gets lost from the goal of life.
"Good" and "Pleasant" come to man. The thoughtful man examines them from all sides and discerns in them. That wise man chooses "Good" instead of "Pleasant", but a dull-witted person chooses "Pleasant" instead of achieving and maintaining his "Good" (Yoga-Kshem).
Hey Nachiketa! You have abandoned the lustful things, the dear things, and the dear forms by deeply observing them. You did not get trapped in that trap of wealth and opulence, in which many people get destroyed.
Because, these are completely different, opposite, going in different directions, one is known as Avidya, and the other is Vidya. But O Nachiketa! I consider you a true aspirant of Vidya, whom even multiple objects of desire could not make you greedy for yourself.
Those who live in ignorance, within it, who consider themselves to be wise and great scholars in their wisdom, they are fools, they go on stumbling, wandering in circles like those who are led by the blind.
A child-minded person, who has become deluded by financial fascination, is immersed in delusion, does not have the realization of the journey to the other world, only this is the world, the other world does not exist, the person who believes like this, continues to be under the influence of death.
That Paratattva, the hearing of which is not accessible to many, even those who hear it, do not know it. To be one who speaks of Him with wisdom, or one who skilfully achieves Him, is a wondrous miracle, and when such one is found, it is also wonderful to be such a listener, who, even after receiving instruction about Him from the wise, continues to worship & know God.
Inferior (small minded, ignorant) person cannot tell you about him (Soul). You cannot actually know him even when he is spoken of, because he is contemplated in many ways. However, without being told about it by someone else, you will not even be able to find a way to reach it. Because it is subtler than subtlety and is not attainable by logic.
O dearest Nachiketa! This wisdom that you have attained is not attainable through logic, it becomes a means of true knowledge, only when spoken to you by others. You are really firm in the truth; wish I always get questioners like you.
I know about the treasury, that it is eternal. That element which is eternal is not attained from impermanent substances. That's why I have accumulated Nachiketa - Agni, and by sacrificing impermanent things, I have obtained the eternal element.
Hey Nachiketa! Seeing the attainment of desire, the firm prestige of this world, the infinity of power, the other side of fearlessness, great praise, and wide prestige within your possession, being steadfast in prudence and patience, you renounced all these.
Through Adhyatm Yoga, having gained the realization of that God who is purana (ancient), and whose vision is rare, reason, he has entered into our being, lies in the hidden being, and is situated in the heart-cave of matter. A wise and patient man gives up joy and sorrow.
Or, to that glorious fame, Whose song is sung in the widest countries. When mortal man, having heard this principle of righteousness, attains it, and having completely separated it from his body, attains that atomic subtle being, then he rejoices, because then he, Have achieved, which is actually a matter of joy. Surely I consider Nachiketa like an open house.
Nachiketa says, tell me about that substance, which you see beyond dharma (righteousness), beyond adharma (unrighteousness), beyond this created, and beyond the uncreated, past and future.
Yama says, The (supreme) position, which is glorified by all the Vedas, and about which all austerities tell, desiring which men practice celibacy, I will tell you in brief. Hey Nachiketa! That supreme post is "Om".
This letter is Brahman, this letter is the ultimate element. If someone knows this letter, then he gets whatever he desires.
This is the best support, this is the ultimate support. Knowing this support, one is glorified in Brahmaloka.
This wise man neither takes birth nor dies. Neither it came from anywhere, nor it is any particular person. It is Aaj, Nitya, Eternal, Purana, when the body is destroyed, it is not destroyed.
If the wrongdoer believes that "he" commits the wrong, if the wronged believes that "he" is wronged, then both of them have no knowledge. "This" neither violates, nor it is violated.
Finer than the atom, greater than the great, the Self is contained in the heart-cavity of the creature. When a man frees himself from lustful thoughts, and is free from sorrow, then he sees "him". By the offerings of the purification of the mental tendencies, he sees the glory of the Self-Existence.
Seated, he travels far and wide. Lying down, he goes everywhere. Who other than me is capable of knowing that God, who is the form of bliss and is beyond bliss?
The intelligent man knowing the âtman, bodiless, seated firmly in perishable bodies, great and all-pervading, does not grieve.
This soul is not attainable by discourse, nor by intellectual power, nor by listening to many scriptures. The one whom this soul chooses, it is attained by him, towards him this soul exposes its body.
One who has not abstained from misdeeds, who is not peaceful, who is not concentrated in himself, or whose mind is not at peace, such a soul cannot be attained by wisdom.
He (paratattva) for whom both Brahmins and Kshatriyas are mere food (odana), and death for whom is a rasahar (upasechan) of the great feast. So who will know him like this, what he is, and where he resides?
