Nachiketa’s Steadfastness
देवैरत्रापि विचिकित्सितं किल
त्वं च मृत्यो यन्न सुज्ञेयमात्थ ।
वक्ता चास्य त्वादृगन्यो न लभ्यो
नान्यो वरस्तुल्य एतस्य कश्चित् ॥ २२॥
devairatrāpi vicikitsitaṃ kila
tvaṃ ca mṛtyo yanna sujñeyamāttha .
vaktā cāsya tvādṛganyo na labhyo
nānyo varastulya etasya kaścit .. 22..
Nachiketa said: O Death, even the gods have their doubts about this subject; and you have declared it to be not easy to understand. But another teacher like you cannot be found and surely no other boon is comparable to this.
Commentary:
“Did you tell me that it is not possible for even the gods to know this? You told me that it is more subtle. Do I gather from this that you know it? And shall I find a better teacher than you? I shall not ask for any other boon, because I will never find a teacher like you anywhere else. When you say it is so subtle and even the gods do not know it, it means you know it.” Nānyo varas tulya etasya kaścit: “No other boon that you give me will be equal to this. Therefore, don’t tempt me with anything else.”
Swami Vivekananda Says —
The boy was determined, and said, “What you have said is true, O Death, that even the gods had doubts on this point, and it is no easy matter to understand. But I cannot obtain another exponent like you and there is no other boon equal to this.”[Source]