KATHA UPANISHAD: 2. Swami Gurubhaktananda.

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Tuesday 14, October 2025, 19:07.
KATHA UPANISHAD: “A Leap into the Beyond”:Parts 1 & 2 with Bhashya by Sri Adi Shankaracharyaji. 
Reflections by Swami Gurubhaktananda on the 90 Lectures delivered by Swami Advayanandaji 

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KATHA UPANISHAD:  Part 1 – Total 71 Mantras
Chapters 1.1, 1.2 & 1.3 

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Chapter 1.1: (29 s) Mantras

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THE STORY OF NACHIKETAS: 

THIS IS THE AMAZING story of a little boy, barely ten years old, who is sent in anger by his father to the world of Lord Yama. There the boy meets Death face to face, spurns all his tempting offers of pleasures and temporal power, and extracts from him the boon of knowledge of the Self. Young as he is, the boy exhibits the highest Mumukshutva and Vairagya – i.e. an intense longing to see God and dispassion for all worldly pleasures. ======================================================================================

Mantram-1.1.1: The Sacrifice of Nachiketas’ Father:

1 Ushan ha vai vaajashravasah = Desirous of heavenly rewards, the son of a Vajashrava,

2 sarva-vedasam dadau; = that is, of one who gave away all that he possessed,

3 tasya ha nachiketaah naama putrah aasa. = to him was born a son named Nachiketas.

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3 The father of Nachiketas was a man called Gautama.

1-2 Gautama’s father was a Vajasrava, or one who had become famous for his distribution of food in charity. Was it a case of ‘like father, like son’? Well, we shall see.

Gautama wished to perform a sacrifice called Vishwajit, meaning “Victory over the whole universe”. The performer aims to gain the fruit of going to a higher world and enjoying the pleasures there. One of the rules for this sacrifice is to be a Vajasrava, a ‘Giver’. 

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Mantram-1.1.2: Time for Gifts for the Priests:

1 Tam ha kumaaram santam = Even though he was still an innocent little boy,

2 dakshinaasu neeyamaanaasu; =  as presents were being carried to the Brahmanas,

3 shraddhaa-aavivesha. = filial anxiety entered his heart for his father.

4 sah amanyata.= He thought:

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1 The innocent boy noticed something not quite right about the presents that were being given to the priests. 

2 Gautama had everything performed perfectly by competent priests. When the ceremony was complete, it was time to give the Dakshina or presents to the priests.

3-4 He was filled with concern for his father when he saw what was to be given. He became filled with filial anxiety. He mused thus…

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1.1.3: Gifts Not Worth the Name
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know the self, know the self in Nature, know the self in Jiva, Further Oneness.

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