adhyāya 1
vallī 3
ṛta-mpibantau sukṛtasya loke guhā-mpraviṣṭau parame parārdhe|
chāyātapau brahmavido vadanti pañcāgnayo ye ca triṇāciketāḥ ||1||
ya-sseturījānānāmakṣara-mbrahma yatparam|
abhaya-ntitīrṣatā-mpāra-nnāciketaṃ śakemahi ||2||
ātmānaṃ rathinaṃ-vi~ddhi śarīraṃ rathameva tu|
buddhi-ntu sārathiṃ-vi~ddhi manaḥ pragrahameva ca ||3||
indriyāṇi hayānāhurviṣayāṃsteṣu gocarān|
ātmendriyamanoyukta-mbhoktetyāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ ||4||
yastvavijñānavānbhavatyayuktena manasā sadā|
tasyendriyāṇyavaśyāni duṣṭāśvā iva sāratheḥ ||5||
yastu vijñānavānbhavati yuktena manasā sadā|
tasyendriyāṇi vaśyāni sadaśvā iva sāratheḥ ||6||
yastvavijñānavānbhavatyamanaska-ssadā-'śuciḥ|
na sa tatpadamāpnoti saṃsāra-ñcādhigacchati ||7||
yastu vijñānavānbhavati samanaska-ssadā śuciḥ|
sa tu tatpadamāpnoti yasmād bhūyo na jāyate ||8||
vijñānasārathiryastu manaḥ pragrahavānnaraḥ|
so-'dhvanaḥ pāramāpnoti tadviṣṇoḥ parama-mpadam ||9||
indriyebhyaḥ parā hyarthā arthebhyaśca para-mmanaḥ|
manasastu parā buddhirbuddherātmā mahānparaḥ ||10||
mahataḥ paramavyaktamavyaktātpuruṣaḥ paraḥ|
puruṣānna para-ṅkiñcitsā kāṣṭhā sā parā gatiḥ ||11||
eṣa sarveṣu bhūteṣu gūḍho-''tmā na prakāśate|
dṛśyate tvagryayā buddhyā sūkṣmayā sūkṣmadarśibhiḥ ||12||
yacchedvāṅmanasī prājñastadyacchejjñāna ātmani|
jñānamātmani mahati niyacchettadyacchecchānta ātmani ||13||
uttiṣṭhata jāgrata prāpya varānnibodhata|
kṣurasya dhārā niśitā duratyayā durga-mpathastatkavayo vadanti ||14||
aśabdamasparśamarūpamavyaya-ntathā-'rasa-nnityamagandhavacca yat|
anādyananta-mmahataḥ para-ndhruva-nnicāyya tanmṛtyumukhāt pramucyate ||15||
nāciketamupākhyāna-mmṛtyuproktaṃ sanātanam|
uktvā śrutvā ca medhāvī brahmaloke mahīyate ||16||
ya ima-mparama-ṅguhyaṃ śrāvayed brahmasaṃsadi|
prayata-śśrāddhakāle vā tadānantyāya kalpate|
tadānantyāya kalpata iti ||17||