त्रिणाचिकेतस्त्रयमेतद्विदित्वा
य एवं विद्वाँश्चिनुते नाचिकेतम् ।
स मृत्युपाशान् पुरतः प्रणोद्य
शोकातिगो मोदते स्वर्गलोके ॥ १८॥
triṇāciketastrayametadviditvā
ya evaṃ vidvām̐ścinute nāciketam .
sa mṛtyupāśān purataḥ praṇodya
śokātigo modate svargaloke .. 18..
He who, having known the three, has performed three times the Nachiketa sacrifice, throws off, even here, the chains of death, overcomes grief and rejoices in Heaven.
Commentary:
Yama says, “Whoever knows the secret of this Nachiketas fire, performing it three times, in three ways, with three modes, etc., and knowing this, conducts this sacrifice in one’s own consciousness, such a person frees himself from the rules of death and, transcending all sorrow, enjoys immeasurable bliss in the kingdom of heaven.”
