Kaṭha Upaniṣad 25

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naciketās tv āha -- yadi ditsur varān śāntasaṅkalpa upaśāntaḥ saṅkalpo yasya māṃ prati, yamaṃ prāpya kin nu kariṣyati mama putra iti, sa śāntasaṅkalpaḥ sumanāḥ prasannamanāś ca yathā syād vītamanyur vigataroṣaś ca gautamo mama pitā mābhi māṃ prati he mṛtyo, kiñ ca tvatprasṛṣṭaṃ tvayā vinirmuktaṃ preṣitaṃ gṛhaṃ prati mām abhivadet pratīto labdhasmṛtiḥ, sa evāyaṃ putro mamāgata ity evaṃ pratyabhijānann ity arthaḥ / etat prayojanaṃ trayāṇāṃ varāṇāṃ prathamam ādyaṃ varaṃ vṛṇe prārthaye yatpituḥ paritoṣaṇam ///1,1.10 //

Com.—But Nachiketas replies ‘if willing to grant boons, that my father be freed from anxiety, i.e., about me as to what his son would be doing after reaching Death, be calm in mind and not wrath against me; and again my father remember and believe me as the very son sent by him to you and sent home back by you and welcome me recognizing, Oh Death—is the first of the three boons I ask, the end of which is to gladden my father.’