KathaUpanishad

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naciketaḥ = O Naciketas;
saḥ tvam = such as you are
abhidhyāyan = having considered
kāmān = desirable things;
ca = and;
priyān = dear ones
priya-rūpāṁ = objects that produce delight, ;
atyasrākṣīḥ = you have rejected;
na avāptaḥ = you have not accepted;
etāṁ = this;
sṛṅkāṁ = course;
vittamayīm = abounding in wealth;
yasyām = by which;
bahavaḥ = many;
manuṣyāḥ = mortals;
majjanti = sink, come to grief.
O Nachiketa, people like you after pondering well the pleasures that are or seem
to he delightful now, renounced them all. You have not taken the road abounding
in wealth, where many men sink.
dūra̍ ̍̍ ̍m ete vi̱ ̱parī̍ ̍te viṣūcī avi̍ ̍dyā yā ca vi̱ ̱̱ḏyeti jñātā |
vidyā̍ ̍bhīpsinaṁ na̱ ̱cike̍ ̍tasam manye na̱ ̱ tvā kā̱ ̱mā baha̍ ̍vo lolupanta || 4 ||
ete = these two;
dūram = widely, by a great distance;
viparīte = contradictory, mutually exclusive;
viṣūcī = have divergent courses;
yā ca = that which;
jñātā = is fully ascertained, known by the learned;
avidyā iti = ignorance;
yā ca = and that which is;
vidyā iti = as knowledge.
manye = I consider; you had;
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