तां योगमिति मन्यन्ते स्थिरामिन्द्रियधारणाम् । अप्रमत्तस्तदा भवति योगो हि प्रभवाप्ययौ
They consider that firm holding of the senses as yoga. At that time, one becomes vigilant, for yoga is the origin and dissolution.
नैव वाचा न मनसा प्राप्तुं शक्यो न चक्षुषा । अस्तीति ब्रुवतोऽन्यत्र कथं तदुपलभ्यते
He cannot be attained by speech, nor by mind, nor by the eye. How can he be realized except by one who says, 'He is'?
अस्तीत्येवोपलब्धव्यस्तत्त्वभावेन चोभयोः । अस्तीत्येवोपलब्धस्य तत्त्वभावः प्रसीदति
He is to be realized as existing, in both aspects, in his true nature. For one who realizes him as existing, his true nature becomes clear.
यदा सर्वे प्रमुच्यन्ते कामा येऽस्य हृदि श्रिताः । अथ मर्त्योऽमृतो भवत्यत्र ब्रह्म समश्नुते
When all desires that dwell in the heart are released, then the mortal becomes immortal; here he attains Brahman.
यथा सर्वे प्रभिद्यन्ते हृदयस्येह ग्रन्थयः । अथ मर्त्योऽमृतो भवत्येतावद्ध्यनुशासनम्
When all the knots of the heart are broken here, then the mortal becomes immortal—this alone is the teaching.
शतं चैका च हृदयस्य नाड्य- स्तासां मूर्धानमभिनिःसृतैका । तयोर्ध्वमायन्नमृतत्वमेति विष्वङ्ङन्या उत्क्रमणे भवन्ति
A hundred and one are the arteries of the heart; one of them rises to the crown. Going up through it, one attains immortality; the others, spreading in all directions, become the path of departure.
अङ्गुष्ठमात्रः पुरुषोऽन्तरात्मा सदा जनानां हृदये संनिविष्टः । तं स्वाच्छरीरात्प्रवृहेन्मुञ्जादिवेषीकां धैर्येण । तं विद्याच्छुक्रममृतं तं विद्याच्छुक्रममृतमिति
The person, the inner self, of the size of a thumb, is always seated in the hearts of people. With steadiness, draw him out from your own body, as one draws a reed from the stalk. Know him as pure, as immortal—know him as pure, as immortal.
मृत्युप्रोक्तां नचिकेतोऽथ लब्ध्वा विद्यामेतां योगविधिं च कृत्स्नम् । ब्रह्मप्राप्तो विरजोऽभूद्विमृत्यु- रन्योऽप्येवं यो विदध्यात्ममेव
Having obtained this knowledge, taught by Death, and the entire rule of yoga, Nachiketas became united with Brahman, free from stain, free from death. So too may anyone who knows the self in this way.
सह नाववतु । सह नौ भुनक्तु । सह वीर्यं करवावहै । तेजस्विनावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै
May he protect us both together; may he nourish us both together; may we work together with great energy; may our study be vigorous and enlightening; may we not hate each other.