KATHA UPANISHAD : 4. Swami Advayananda.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2022, 21:00

 Chapter 1.Section-1: (29 Mantras) : The story of Nachiketas in the House of Death

(“A Leap Into the Beyond”) :  Bhashyam by Sri Swami Adi Shankaracharya ji.

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Chapter-1

Section-1.

Mantram -4 : Father’s Curse on Nachiketas


"Sa hovaca pitaram tata kasmai mam dasyasti,

dvitiyam trtiyam tam hovaca mrtyave tva dadamiti."


Translation :


1.Sa ha uvacha pitaram tata = He said unto his father:

2.“Kasmai mam dasyasi?” iti; = “To whom wilt thou give me?”

3.dvitiyam trtiyam  tam ha uvaacha. = (He repeated this) a second and a third 

time.  (Then his father angrily) retorted to him:

4.“Mrityave tva dadami!” iti.  = “Unto Death do I give thee!”


Commentary :



1 In saying this, his only motive was to protect his father’s reputation.


2 It was to convey to his father that giving useless cows was worse than not giving

anything at all. 

The receiver of these cows would have a big burden on his head. Was he also

going to be a burden on someone’s head? 

These are the feelings that accompanied Nachiketas question to his father. 

The boy could sense that his father was “cutting corners” in his sacrificial gifts. 

It implied that in reality he was still attached to his wealth, and as such would not 

get the merit of the sacrifice.


3-4 His father, however, turned a deaf ear to this nagging questioning from his son.

But the boy repeated it again and again. 

Soon the father became irritated, and blurted out in anger, 

“I will give you to Yama, the Lord of Death!”


This was an ominous curse. 

It was uttered already and it was too late to withdraw it.

The boy was seriously affected by it. This is how he thought . . .


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Next - Chapter-1. Section-1. Mantram-5 : Nachiketas : “Do I Deserve This?”

To be continued ....


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