"LORD OF DEATH CONTINUES TO OFFER MORE GIFTS TO GIVE UP THE QUESTION OF SOUL AFTER DEATH"

Chapter-1.

Mantram-24,25.

1. Lord Death : "Ask for some other boon to this, if you think fit, such as wealth and long life; be king of the wide earth, O! Naciketas, I shall make you, the enjoyer of all the desires,"

2. Lord continued, : " Whatever desires are difficult in this world of mortals, you ask for them all according to your wish." 

3. "These fair maidens with their chariots and musical instruments--such indeed are not enjoyable by mortals----you be attended on by them,"

4. I will give them to you but O! Naciketas do not ask the question about the state of the soul after death."