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कठोपनिषत्् (katha upanišad),-katha upanišad 1, (S.-4, Ch.-1, V.-20) |
येयं प्रेते विचिकित्सा मनुष्ये- ऽस्तीत्येके नायमस्तीति चैके । एतद्विद्यामनुशिष्टस्त्वयाऽहं वराणामेष वरस्तृतीयः ॥ २०॥ |
yeyaṃ prete vicikitsā manuṣye- 'stītyeke nāyamastīti caike । etadvidyāmanuśiṣṭastvayā'haṃ varāṇāmeṣa varastṛtīyaḥ ॥ 20॥ |
yā iyam vicikitsā = this doubt, that arises; prete manuṣye = when a person dies; eke = some (say); asti iti = (It) the Self, exists; ca eke = and others (say); ayam = this [Self]; na asti = does not exist; tvayā11 anuśiṣṭaḥ = being instructed by you; aham = I; etat vidyām = would know this; varāṇām = of all the boons; eṣaḥ = this one [is]; varaḥ tṛtīyaḥ = the third. |
Nachiketa said: There is this doubt about a man when he is dead: Some say that he exists; others, that he does not. This I should like to know, taught by you. This is the third of my boons.