Vishnu - Nagesh D. Sonde

O Death tell us that which is here inquired, regarding the supreme deliverance.
Tell us that which this boon will reveal ; other than this one Nachiketa does not
desire.
Bhashya :
„mahit saMprayao maau>aO ||‟ means the supreme deliverance.
Further Explanation:
Moment one becomes conscious Death, the desire for immortality becomes
imminent, imperative and urgent. And when one understands Death, then one does
not waste ones life, howsoever long it may appear to be. Even one hundred years
long life becomes short and brief, for gaining that which is worth having, not the
heavens but the supreme deliverance of the self from the travails of samsaar. Therefore,
says Nachiketa : Tell me that which is important and needed other than this he
does not desire.
[it kazkaopinaYad\ BaaYyao p`qamaaQyaayao p`qamaavailla
Thus ends the First Section of the First Chapter of Kathakopanishad.
Upanishad :
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p`qama AQyaaya. iwtIya vallaI
First Chapter - Section II
AnyacC/yaao|nyadutOva p`oyasto ]Bao naanaaqao- pu$YaM isanaIt: |
tyaao: Eaoya Aaddanasya saaQau Bavait hIyato|qaa-V ] p`oyaao vaRNaIto || 1 ||
Distinct is the Proper and distinct, verily, is the Pleasant; each one comes before a
person with varied purposes. Of those, the one who accepts the Proper becomes
the noble one; other one who chooses the Pleasant looses the purpose.
EaoyaSca p`oyaSca manauYyamaotstaO samprI%ya ivaivanai> QaIr: |
Eaoyaao ih QaIrao|iBap`oyasaao vaRNaIto po`yaao mandao yaaogaxaomaat\ vaRNaIto || 2 ||
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