KathaUpanishad

The real question here is, "Is there any personality that transcend death and
dissolution?"
This question was also put to the Buddha. He replied that to say something exists or
nothing exists is both wrong.
Maitreyi asked Yajnavalkya about this same theme, to which he answered that after
final death, there is no self-consciousness.
devair atrāpi vicikitsitam purā, na hi suvijñeyam, aṇur eṣa dharmaḥ.
anyaṁ varaṁ naciketo vṛṇ
ṛṇīṣva, mā moparotsīr ati mā sṛjainam. (21)
purā = in days of yore;
atra = with regard to this thing;
vicikitsitam = doubt was entertained;
devaiḥ api = even by gods;
hi = since;
eṣa dharmaḥ = this principle called the Self;
na suvijñeyam = is not easily comprehensible
anuḥ = it being so subtle and abstract.
naciketaḥ vṛṇīśva= O Naciketa you ask for;
anyaṁ varaṁ = some other boon .
Mā uparotsīḥ mā = do not press me
ati sṛja = give up;
enam = this one.
“Even the gods wonder about this, and have never come to an understanding.
Subtle is this truth, so subtle that no answer would be adequate to it. So,
Nachiketas, please ask another question. Please release me from this obligation,”
devair atrāpi vicikitsitaṁ kila, tvaṁ ca mṛtyo yan na suvijñeyam āttha,
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