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KATHA-UPANISHAD.
FIRST ADHYAYA.
FIRST VALLI. 1. VÂGASRAVASA", desirous (of heavenly rewards), surrendered (at a sacrifice) all that he possessed. He had a son of the name of Nakiketas.
2. When the (promised) presents were being given (to the priests), faith entered into the heart of Nakiketas, who was still a boy, and he thought :
3. Unblessed?, surely, are the worlds to which a man goes by giving (as his promised present at a sacrifice) cows which have drunk water, eaten hay, given their milk 3, and are barren.'
4. He (knowing that his father had promised to give up all that he possessed, and therefore his son also) said to his father: 'Dear father, to whom wilt thou give me?'
1 Vagasravasa is called Âruni Auddâlaki Gautama, the father of Nakiketas. The father of Svetaketu, another enlightened pupil (see Khând. Up. VI, 1, 1), is also called Aruni (Uddalaka, comm. Kaush. Up. I, 1) Gautama. Svetaketu himself is called Âruneya, i. e. the son of Aruni. the grandson of Aruna: and likewise Audda laki. Auddâlaki is a son of Uddâlaka, but Sankara (Kath. Up. I, 11) takes Apddâlaki as possibly the same as Uddálaka. See Brih. Âr. Up. III, 6, 1.
* As to ănanda, unblessed, see Brih. Âr. Up. IV, 4, 11; Vâgas. Samh. Up. 3 (Sacred Books of the East, vol. i, p. 311).
* Anandagiri explains that the cows meant here are cows no longer able to drink, to eat, to give milk, and to calve. [15]
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |