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to the brahmins as gift. An young lad Naciketa did observe this,
could not sustain himself, and hence spoke out some words to
make his father alert. Being incensed, Udd膩laka cursed him to
go to death. No doubt, a curse of elderly person like Udd膩laka
leads to the welfare of a cursed person. As such, Naciketa went
to Yama and was blessed with three boons. The first boon
pertains to the welfare of his father who had cursed him; the
second and third boons pertain to the science of Brahman.
Thus, Naciketa became a man of wisdom. Though his father
was quite unfair to him, Naciketa asked Yama for the welfare of
his father. Here exactly the goodness of Naciketa lies. Thus,
Naciketa's story in the Kathopani峁�ad is quite appealing even to
the young generation of the modern times.
Next, in the Pra艣nopani峁�ad, six students aspiring for the
knowledge of Brahman got together and approached Pippal膩da
for initiation into the teachings of Brahman. However,
Pippal膩da imparted the knowledge of Brahman to them, on the
basis of the examples of the world phenomena.
The Chandogya Upani峁�ad (1.8.9) reads a story of
Prav膩hana belonging to a K峁�atriya class, and he instructs the
teachings of Brahman to two br膩hmin-disciples, by name 艢ilaka.
and Caikit膩yana. This story begets the idea that in post-Vedic
period, there was no restriction to receive higher knowledge
from a low class but highly qualified person. It tends to show
the broad-mindedness of the people of that period.
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