KATHA UPANISHAD - 12. Swami Advayananda.

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Monday, October 10,  2022, 06:30.
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.
THE SECOND BOON
1.1.12: The Joys of Heavenly Worlds.
Post-12.

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Mantram-12 :

Nachiketas says to Lord Yama:

"Svarge loke na bhayam kinchana asti,

na tatra tvam na jarayaa bibheti;

ubhe teertvaa ashanaayaa pipaase, 

shokaatigah modate svarga loke. 

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Translation :   

1 Svarge loke na bhayam kinchana asti,  = “In heaven there is no fear whatsoever.

2 na tatra tvam na jarayaa bibheti;     =  You are not there, so old age brings no fear.

3 ubhe teertvaa ashanaayaa pipaase,      = Having crossed both hunger and thirst,

4 shokaatigah modate svarga loke.        =  being free from such grief, one rejoices there.

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Commentary :


Nachiketas introduces the reason here for asking his second boon in the next mantram.


1-2 Jarayaa: “old age”; this is an Upa-Lakshana for all the Shadbhirogis: “the six 

afflictions” – namely, birth, growth, maturity, decay, old age and death – none of which 

afflict the residents of heaven, so there is no fear of death there. Yama has no work there.


3-4 As there is no hunger and thirst either, there can be no grief in heaven, and one 

can enjoy uninterrupted pleasure there, without having to work! Heavenly pleasure is 

greatly sought after by earth-dwellers. It has all the pleasures of earth without any of their 

disadvantages. People are given a long life there to enjoy all the heavenly pleasures.

There is no old age, no diseases, no hospital bills – a heaven, indeed! However, it 

also comes to an end. When all the merits earned are exhausted, one has to return to earth.

Nachiketas is interested in the heavenly worlds because the majority of people on 

earth desire to go there. He wants to assist his people back on Earth to attain them. 

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Next-

1.1.13: Boon 2: “Heavenly Worlds for My People”

To be continued


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