The wise man should merge his speech in his mind and his mind in his intellect. He should merge his intellect in the Cosmic Mind and the Cosmic Mind in the Tranquil Self.
Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter III, 13
Arise! Awake! Approach the great and learn. Like the sharp edge of a razor is that path, so the wise say-hard to tread and difficult to cross.
Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter III, 14
Having realised Atman, which is soundless, intangible, formless, undecaying and likewise tasteless, eternal and odourless; having realised That which is without beginning and end, beyond the Great and unchanging-one is freed from the jaws of death.
Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter III, 15
The wise man who has heard and related the eternal story of Nachiketa, told by Death, is adored in the world of Brahman.
Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter III, 16
And he who, practising self-control, recites the supreme secret in an assembly of Brahmins or at a after-death ceremony obtains thereby infinite rewards. Yea, he obtains infinite rewards.
Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, Part One, Chapter III, 17
