KathaUpanishad
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idam vicikitsanti = entertain doubt;<br />
sāmparāye = in the context of the great departure;<br />
yat = which ;<br />
mahati = is calculated to lead to a great result;<br />
ayaṁ varaḥ = this boon;<br />
yaḥ = which is;<br />
gūḍam anupraviṣṭaḥ = has entered into an inaccessible recess;<br />
tasmāt = apart from that boon;<br />
nānyaṁ = no other;<br />
naciketā vṛṇīte = does Naciketas request.<br />
Clinching the whole matter, Nachiketas says: “I shall not be satisfied with all the<br />
things you offer. I shall be happy only with that thing about which even the gods<br />
have doubt. What happens to the soul in the last stage? Nachiketas shall not ask<br />
another question. Nachiketas wants nothing else than this.”<br />
The student has proved his worth. The glamour has not tempted him, and he has stood<br />
the test successfully. This is the transitional process which is necessary between the<br />
first two boons and the experience of immortality.<br />
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