त्रिणाचिकेतस्त्रयमेतद्विदित्वा य एवं विद्वाँश्चिनुते नाचिकेतम् । स मृत्युपाशान् पुरतः प्रणोद्य शोकातिगो मोदते स्वर्गलोके ॥ १८॥

triṇāciketastrayametadviditvā ya evaṃ vidvā~ścinute nāciketam । sa mṛtyupāśān purataḥ praṇodya śokātigo modate svargaloke ॥ 18॥

viditvā = after knowing ; etat trayam = these three described earlier, tri-nāciketas = a performer of the 'Naciketa sacrifice thrice; and yaḥ = who; evaṁ vidvaṁ = having known the Fire (Virāṭ) thus - as identified with oneself; cinute = accomplishes; nāciketaṁ = the Nāciketa fire; performs the sacrifice called Nāciketa; saḥ = he; praṇodya = casting off; mrtyu-pāśān = the snares of Death -consisting in ignorance, selfish-desire, hatred, etc; purataḥ = even earlier - i.e. before death; śokātigaḥ = crossing over suffering - i.e. anxiety; modate = rejoices, svarga-loke = in heaven, in the world of Virāṭ, by becoming identified with It.