दूरमेते विपरीते विषूची अविद्या या च विद्येति ज्ञाता । विद्याभीप्सिनं नचिकेतसं मन्ये न त्वा कामा बहवोऽलोलुपन्त ॥ ४॥

dūramete viparīte viṣūcī avidyā yā ca vidyeti jñātā । vidyābhīpsinaṃ naciketasaṃ manye na tvā kāmā bahavo'lolupanta ॥ 4॥

ete = these two; dūram = widely, by a great distance; viparīte = contradictory, mutually exclusive; viṣūcī = have divergent courses; yā ca = that which; jñātā = is fully ascertained, known by the learned; avidyā iti = ignorance (the pleasurable); yā ca = and that which is; vidyā iti = as knowledge (the preferable). manye = I consider; you had; naciketasam = Naciketas; vidyābhīpsinaṁ = as desirous of knowing; bahavaḥ = many; kāmā = enjoyable things, na lolupantaḥ = did not tempt; tvā = you;