मृत्युप्रोक्तां नचिकेतोऽथ लब्ध्वा विद्यामेतां योगविधिं च कृत्स्नम् । ब्रह्मप्राप्तो विरजोऽभूद्विमृत्यु- रन्योऽप्येवं यो विदध्यात्ममेव ॥ १८॥

mṛtyuproktāṃ naciketo'tha labdhvā vidyāmetāṃ yogavidhiṃ ca kṛtsnam । brahmaprāpto virajo'bhūdvimṛtyu- ranyo'pyevaṃ yo vidadhyātmameva ॥ 18॥

naciketas atha labdhvā = Nachiketas then having obtained; vidyām etām mṛtyu-proktāṁ = this Knowledge of Brahman imparted by Yama; ca kṛtsnam yoga vidhiṁ = and the methodology of Yoga in its entirety; brahma-prāptaḥ abhūt = attained the state of brahman-realisation; viraja = free from rajas; vimṛtyuḥ = free from death; anya api = and anyone else too; evam yah vit = who realise this; adhyātmam eva = with regard to Spirituality.