KATHA UPANISHAD - 15. Swami Advayananda.

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Friday, December 02,  2022, 10:30.

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 Sankaracharya ji.

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Chapter-1, Section-1.

THE SECOND BOON

Mantram - 1.1.16: An Additional Bonus is Thrown In!

Post-15.

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Mantram - 1.1.16: An Additional Bonus is Thrown In!

With Translation :

1 Tam abravit = To him (Nachiketas) said Lord Yama,

  preeyamaanah mahaatmaa = that high-souled one, feeling delighted:


2 varam tava iha adya = “Out of favour towards you, now 

 dadaami bhooyah; = I grant you again another boon.


3 tava eva naamnaa = By your name, indeed, will henceforth 

 bhavitaa ayam agnih = be known this fire sacrifice.


4 srinkaam cha imam = And… you can have this necklace as well

 aneka roopaam grihaana.=  which has multiple colours!

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Bhashyam : (Vyakyanam )

1-2 There is a tone of irony in this entire verse. Yama is not truly delighted, but just 

happy to get away so lightly with such a boon which he knows to be quite trivial. Being 

‘high-souled’ tells us that he really has something much more precious to give. This he will 

not part with as easily as he parts with secular knowledge. He will guard it very jealously. 

Yama thus distracts Nachiketas from this secret treasure of his.

3 The name of Nachiketas is perpetuated. It is all that a man seeking name and fame 

would want on earth. He is being given them without his asking. It teaches us that name and 

fame are obtained not by running after them but by concentrated and intelligent effort.

4 Yama shows here his keen sense of the dramatic. Nachiketas is congratulated and 

honoured with a beautiful jewelled necklace. The ease of obtaining name and fame in 

comparison with spiritual treasures for which one has to strive hard, is brought out

intentionally and with striking contrast.

Any venture of a material nature, such as the construction of a suspension bridge, 

requires minute attention to details. Certain prescribed methods are to be adhered to if

success is desired. Such is the case with the Fire sacrifice that is explained in the next verse.

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Next
Mantram - 1.1.17: The Fruits of Sacrificial Fire Worship
To be continued


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know the self, know the self in Nature, know the self in Jiva, Further Oneness.

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