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कठोपनिषत्् (katha upanišad),-katha upanišad 1, (S.-4, Ch.-1, V.-19) |
एष तेऽग्निर्नचिकेतः स्वर्ग्यो यमवृणीथा द्वितीयेन वरेण । एतमग्निं तवैव प्रवक्ष्यन्ति जनासः तृतीयं वरं नचिकेतो वृणीष्व ॥ १९॥ |
eṣa te'gnirnaciketaḥ svargyo yamavṛṇīthā dvitīyena vareṇa । etamagniṃ tavaiva pravakṣyanti janāsaḥ tṛtīyaṃ varaṃ naciketo vṛṇīṣva ॥ 19॥ |
Naciketas = O Naciketas; te = to you; eṣa = this is; svargyaḥ agniḥ = the Fire that leads to heaven; yam = which; dvitīyena vareṇa = as the second boon; janāsaḥ = people; pravakṣyanti = will speak of; etam agnim = this Fire; tava eva = as yours [by your name]. [This is the fourth boon that I have willingly given]. Naciketaḥ vṛṇīṣva = O Naciketa ask for; tṛtīyaṁ varaṁ = the third boon. |
This, O Nachiketa, is your Fire−sacrifice, which leads to Heaven and which you have chosen as your second boon. People will call this Fire by your name. Now, O Nachiketa, choose the third boon.