KathaUpanishad

Whatever desires are hard to gain in the world of mortals, ask all desires according to
thy will! These beauties with their chariots and lutes not such as these are to be gained
by men; be waited on by these, bestowed by Me! Ask me not concerning dying,
Nachiketas!
ye ye kāmā durlabhā martya-loke sarvān kāmāṁś chandataḥ prārthayasva.
imā rāmāḥ, sarathāḥ satῡryāḥ, na hīdṛśā lambhanīyā manuṣyaiḥ.
ābhir mat-prattābhiḥ paricārayasva, naciketo maraṇam mānuprākṣīḥ. (25)
ye ye = all things; that are;
kāmāḥ = desirable;
durlabhāḥ = difficult to get ;
martya-loke = in the human world;
sarvān kāmāṁ = all those desirable things ;
prārthayasva = ask for;
chandataḥ = according to your choice,
imāḥ = here are; the celestial nymphs -
the rāmāḥ = (lit. women) who are so called because they delight (ramayanti) men; sarathāḥ
= with chariots,
sa-tūryāḥ = with musical instruments.
īdṛśāḥ = such (women);
na hī lambhanīyāḥ = are not surely to be had;
manuṣyaiḥ = by mortals.
ābhiḥ = by these - by these female attendants;
mat prattābhiḥ = who are offered by me;
paricārayasva = get (yourself) served;
naciketaḥ = O Naciketā; maraṇam = of death;
mā anuprākṣīḥ = do not inquire.
“Whatever delights there may be, conceivable or inconceivable, visible or
invisible, ask for them without restraint. Here are chariots, and noble maidens
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