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Yama Nachiketa Samvada (यमनचिकेतसोः संवादः) (view source)
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=== Knowledge of Self ===
=== Knowledge of Self ===
Having found in Nachiketa, a steadfast pupil in search of truth of Spirit ( Atma or Self), Yama imparts the Knowledge of Self to him.
He starts with the choice between Shreyas and Preyas, which is good and pleasant. The concept of Shreyas - one which is good and Preyas - one which is pleasant, lure a sadhaka in different directions.
While Shreyas - good is difficult to endure and it leads one to the Brahman (Absolute) and he attains Moksha or liberation from samsara. Preyas on the other hand is pleasure and is intimately connected with the body, which prevents a sadhaka from choosing the good. It becomes very clear that one cannot pursue good and the pleasant at the same time, just as light and dark cannot be perceived in the same place.
Yama being a Brahmanistha himself explains about Atma - which is difficult to understand as it is subtler than the subtlest and cannot be comprehended by any logical explanation. Addressed as "It" Self or Atma is said to be seated in the innermost cavity of the heart and attained only by abstracting the senses and mind from outer objective world and resolving this energy into Self Consciousness. This Supreme state is denoted by the word "OM".
This omnicient Atman is not born, nor does it die. It does not come from anywhere and it does not become into anything, hence call "Asti" or "Exists". Unborn, eternal, perpetual and ancient, beyond decay, this Atma is not killed when the body is killed.
नैव वाचा न मनसा प्राप्तुं शक्यो न चक्षुषा । अस्तीति ब्रुवतोऽन्यत्र कथं तदुपलभ्यते ॥ १२॥
अस्तीत्येवोपलब्धव्यस्तत्त्वभावेन चोभयोः ।
अस्तीत्येवोपलब्धस्य तत्त्वभावः प्रसीदति ॥ १३॥
== Discussion ==
== Discussion ==