KATHA UPANISHAD: 9 - Swami Gurubhaktananda.

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Monday 04, May 2026, 06:40.
KATHA UPANISHAD: “A Leap into the Beyond": Parts 1 & 2 
with Bhashya by Sri Adi Shankaracharya.
on the 90 Lectures delivered by Swami Advayanandaji 
KATHA UPANISHAD:  Part 1 – Total 71 Mantras
Reflections by Swami Gurubhaktananda 
Chapters 1.1, 1.2 & 1.3 
Chapter 1.1: (29) Mantras
Mantram - 1.1.11: Yama Grants the First Boon.
Post-9.

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Mantram - 1.1.11: Yama Grants the First Boon.

Lord Yama says to Nachiketas: 

1 

Yathaa purastaat = Just as before (with love and affection), 

bhavitaa prateeta = you will be recognized and received by him, 

2 

Auddaalakih Aarunih = O Auddalaki-Aruni (Nachiketas),    

mat prasrishtah; = when you are released from me. 

3 

sukham raatreeh shayitaa = He will have nights of peaceful sleep once again,  

veeta-manyuh tvaam = and be free of anger towards you 

4 

dadrishivaan mrityu mukhaat = when he sees that from the ‘Jaws of Death’ 

pramuktam. =  you have been freed.” 

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Granted – all the requests made in 1.1.10 are met by Yama. In every detail Lord Yama grants each aspect of the boon, in letter and in spirit. 

In addition, he also adds something special to it: Raatreeh, “for many a night”, implies that his father will live long and happily henceforth. Yama indirectly promises that never again will there be an occasion for him to lose his temper and face such drastic consequences. Thus Yama goes the “extra mile” in granting the boon. 

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THE SECOND BOON
Mantram - 1.1.12: The Joys of Heavenly Worlds 
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on the 90 Lectures delivered by Swami Advayanandaji 
KATHA UPANISHAD:  Part 1 – Total 71 Mantras.


Reflections by Swami Gurubhaktananda 

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

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