Nachiketa Upākyana is presented in the form of questions & answers. Nachiketa’s father got angry
Jagadguru Pujyashri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal
#Nachiketa Upākyana is presented in the form of questions and answers. Nachiketa’s father got angry when his son suggested that dānam items should be worthy and given out properly. For instance, during Bhogi Pandigai in Madras, they throw away all the old things. The son told the father that dānam is not about giving away useless things. Disillusioned, Nachiketa asked his father, When would you give me away? This angered his father and irritated by his repeated questioning, he told #Nachiketa to go to Yamalokā in rage. Although this was uttered out of anger, due to his mantra balam, Nachiketa went from bhulokā with the same śarirā to Yama Dharmarājā. The father was such a Brahmiṣṭha with exceptional tapas śaktī and spoke in anger.
Nachiketa had to wait three days as Yama Dharmarājā was probably out of town or busy working. Realizing that he had made a brahmin wait for three days without food, he expressed his regret to Nachiketa and apologized for making him wait. This incident reveals that even the devatas respected dharmā and vratā. Yama Dharmarājā declared that he would grant Nachiketa three boons, saying, You waited three days without eating; you are a Brahmavid and an Atithi. You came here on your own accord, and it is my duty to offer namaskāram to you.
Nachiketa asked for his first boon, stating that his father's anger should disappear, as he was sent in anger. The son was not angry despite his father's outburst, highlighting how the father-son relationship should be; we should notice these fine points instead of just listening to it as a story. The first boon he asked for was for his father not to be angry, and Yama Dharmarājā granted it. For his second boon, he asked for agni-vidyā, and Yama taught him by showing how and how many bricks to use and about the yagās. For his third boon, he asked to be taught Brahma Vidyā-Ātma Vidyā. Noticing Nachiketa's dṛḍha sankalpa (firm resolve), #Yama taught him Brahma Vidyā.
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ஜகத்குரு பூஜ்யஸ்ரீ சங்கர விஜயேந்திர சரஸ்வதி சங்கராச்சார்ய சுவாமிகள்
Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Kanchipuram
