Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.5-2

1.2.5-2

su. - vyāhṛtametat niśamya putraḥ cintayati - nāhaṃ mṛtyuto bhītaḥ śocāmi, bahūnāṃ tatparicaryāyai pravṛttānāṃ madhye prathamo madhyamo vā bhūtvā, emi - tatpārśvam, na adhama ityarthaḥ| ājñāvacananirapekṣaṃ yathāvasaraṃ paricaraṇameva, paricaratāṃ prāthamyam|
yathādeśam ādiṣṭavacanaparipālanameva teṣu madhyamatā | adhamatā ca tadaparipālanam| kintu idameva śocāmi; yat aprakṛte1 pātre mamedaṃ vitaraṇam ityāha - kiṃ sviditi| adya pitrā yamasya kiṃ kartavyam ? kimabhīṣṭaṃ sampādanīyam | mayā - pradattena mayā, yadabhīṣṭaṃ kariṣyati cikīrṣati iti yāvat | adya - khalu vṛtebhya2 ṛtvigbhyo dakṣiṇāvaiguṇyapariharaṇāya mama dānamucitam, teṣāmeva prasādākāṅkṣayā teṣāmabhīṣṭaṃ tu sampādanīy, tadasminnavasare yamāya māṃ dattvā kiṃ sādhayiṣyati? idameva śocāmi iti bhāvaḥ ||