Vishnu - Nagesh D. Sonde

Hope and longings, companionship and pleasing speech, fruits of sacrifice, sons,
animals and all else are robbed of a person of little intelligence, in whose house a
Brahmin remains unfed.
itsa`ao ra~Iya-dvaa%saIagaR-ho mao AnaSnana\ ba`*mannaitiqana-masya: |
namasto|stu ba`*mana\ svaist mao|stu tsmaa%p`it ~InvaranvaRNaIYva || 9 ||
You, an honoured Brahmin guest, who have waited in my home for three days
without food, receive my obeisance. Peace be with me. In return (receive from me)
three boons‟.
Bhashya :
“[%yau> sa yama: tM tu saMpUjyaadat\ var~yama\ ||” - Thus spoken by his wife, Yama
granted the three boons with due honour.
Further Explanation:
Three days of stay in Death‟s dwelling place, with no food or water, Nachiketa‟s
soul became purified and pure. For indeed restraint on the in taking food is the
initial step in intense austerity for perfected penance, Verily food is Life and its
absence is Death. Therefore to have Death;s presence Nachiketa resorts to
relinquishment of food. In Patanjal yoga absitanance of food is sure gateway of
supernal endowments.And surely Machiketa is assired of three boons for
relinquishing food for three days.
Upanishad:
SaantsaMklp: saumanaa yaqaa syaat\ vaItmanyaugaaO-tmaao maa|iBa maR%yaao |
%va%p`saRYTM maa\iBa vadot\ p`tIt ett\ ~yaaNaaM p`qamaM varM vaRNao || 10 ||
Peaceful of mind, well disposed, as he was earlier, with anger expunged, let
Gautama (my father) be gracious to me and recognize me, greet me, when freed by
you. This, I choose, as my first of the boons.
yaqaa purstad\ Baivata p`tIt: AaO_alaikraruiNama-%p`saRYT: |
sauKM ra~I: Saiyata vaItmanyau: %vaaM ddRiSavaana\ maR%yaumauKat\ p`mau>ma\ || 11 ||
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