Nachiketa, as worthy of instruction, For passing pleasures tempt you not at all. Ignorant of their ignorance yet wise In their own esteem, deluded people Proud of their vain learning go round and round Like the blind led by the blind. Far beyond Their eyes, hypnotized by the world of sense, Opens the way to immortality. “I am my body; when my body dies, I die.” Living in this superstition they fall, Life after life, under my sway. It is but few who hear about the Self. Fewer still dedicate their lives to its Realization. Wonderful is the one Who speaks of the Self. Rare are they Who make it
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