Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.27.p4

1.2.27.p4

ā.bhā. - evaṃ bahudhā pralobhyamāno hi mṛtyunā asañjātakṣobho naciketāḥ prāha - he antaka! mṛtyo, martyasya - manuṣyasya kṛte ye kāmāḥ putra - pautra - hasti- hiraṇyādayaḥ tvayā prārthyatvena upasthāpitāḥ, te sarve'pi śvo'bhāvāḥ - śvaḥ abhāvo yeṣāṃ tādṛśāḥ, dinadvyasthāyino'pi niścitarūpeṇa naśyanti | śvo bhaviṣyanti na vā ? iti sandihyamānatvāt teṣām | yadetadaparaṃ pralobhanam uktam apsaraḥ prabhṛti, tadapi na prārthyam; yataḥ etāḥ apsarasaḥ sarvendriyāṇām - bāhyānām āntarāṇāṃ ca karaṇānāṃ1 tejaḥ - sāmarthyaṃ jarayanti - kṣapayanti | ataḥ prajñā - vīrya - dharma - yaśaḥ prabhṛtikṣapayitṛtvāt, anarthahetavaḥ eva tāḥ iti bhāvaḥ | yā tu cirajīvikā pralobhayituṃ tvayā pradātumākhyātā, sā'pi na prājñamateḥ prarocano2payuktā yataḥ sarvamapi jīvitamalpameva | brahmaiva sarvajīvānām agraṇīḥ tasyāpi jīvanaṃ, sāvadhitvāt alpameva; kimitareṣāṃ jīvasya alpatvavarṇanena | tasmāt tvatpradarśitāt mānuṣāt divyācca bhogāt, cirajīvanācca viraktasya me tvatto labdhaiḥ ebhiḥ kiṃ kāryam ? ataḥ te tvayā darśitaḥ vāhā - aśvādayaḥ tavaiva santu; na etaiḥ sādhyaṃ kimapi mama prayojanam | nṛtyagīte - nṛtyaṃ ca gītaṃ ca nṛtyagīte api tavaiva bhavatām na ābhyāmapi viraktasya me prayojanam iti bhāvaḥ |