य एवं विद्वाँश्चिनुते नाचिकेतम् ।
स मृत्युपाशान् पुरतः प्रणोद्य
शोकातिगो मोदते स्वर्गलोके ॥ १८॥
ya evaṃ vidvām̐ścinute nāciketam .
sa mṛtyupāśān purataḥ praṇodya
śokātigo modate svargaloke .. 18..
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Commentary by Swami Krishnananda of the great Divine Life Society
The great Master Yama initiates Nachiketas into the mystery of the Vaishvanara-agni through the sacrifice which is mystical in its nature, and every kind of detail connected with the sacrifice is also explained. Nachiketas, like a very good student, repeats every word of the instruction given to him by the Master.
Triṇāciketas trayam etad viditvā ya evaṁ vidvāṁś cinute nāciketam, mṛtyu-pāśān purataḥ praṇodya śokātigo modate svarga-loke (1.1.18): 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.”
Kathopanishad – Verse 18 – kathopanishad-1-1-18-triṇāciketas – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Meaning and Commentary by Adi Shankaracharya (Sankara Bhashya) – Katha-1-1-18
Sri Shankara’s Commentary (Bhashya) translated by S. Sitarama Sastri
He now concludes the fruits, of the knowledge and the performance of sacrifice and with them, the present topic. The three-fold Nachikêtas who properly understands what was said about the bricks, their numbers and mode and who realizing the fire as the âtman completes the sacrifice called Nachikêta, shakes off even before death, the meshes of Death consisting in vice, ignorance, desire and hatred, etc., and devoid of all grief rejoices in heaven, i.e., by realizing his Self as the virât.