नाचिकेतमुपाख्यानं मृत्युप्रोक्तँ सनातनम् ।
उक्त्वा श्रुत्वा च मेधावी ब्रह्मलोके महीयते ॥ १६॥
nāciketamupākhyānaṃ mṛtyuproktam̐ sanātanam .
uktvā śrutvā ca medhāvī brahmaloke mahīyate .. 16..
The wise man who has heard and related the eternal story of Nachiketa, told by Death, is adored in the world of Brahman.
Commentary:
Here a tentative closing of the teaching takes place. Many people think that the Upanishad closes here and perhaps it is taken up again in the Second Section, or perhaps the Second Section is an independent Upanishad itself, etc., on account of the words that are used here in this verse. This is the story of Nachiketas. This is the wisdom imparted to Nachiketas by Mrityu, the great Lord of Death. Whoever speaks it, whoever hears it, such a blessed soul, highly intelligent, glories in Brahmaloka, the region of the eternal. Whoever reads this, whoever studies this, whoever speaks this, whoever hears this, understands it, and practises it according to the rules mentioned here will reach the abode of the Absolute.