श्रवणायापि बहुभिर्यो न लभ्यः
शृण्वन्तोऽपि बहवोयं न विद्युः |
आश्चर्यो वक्ता कुशलोऽस्य लब्धा
आश्चर्यो ज्ञाता कुशलानुशिष्टः ॥ ७
SHRAVANAPI BAHUBHIRYO NA LABHYAH
SHRUNVANTO API BAHAVO YAM NA VIDYUH|
ASCHARYO VAKTA KUSHALOSYA LABDHA
ASCHRYO DNYATA KUSHALANUSHISHTAH ||7
FOR MANY WHAT IS NOT HEARD AND WHAT IS NOT AVAILABLE
SO IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE KNOWLEDGEABLE TEACHER(SPEAKER)
AND KNOWLEDGEABLE STUDENT ||7
In this Shloka, the lord of Death or Yama is making a statement that how rare it is to have such combination of good student and a good teacher . So I am not sure if this statement is done by Yama or it is just a observation by the Teacher in Upanishad it self. The Upanishad is a conversation between a teacher and a student and it is in a story form and so the Teacher in this Upanishad is making a statement that for many of us have not heard of or never had knowledge of this (Eternal Knowledge). Many of us have not even curiosity about it and we are so engrossed in material world ,that we do not care to know beyond it Yes we do go to Listen to someone who is knowledgeable in a lecture when arranged by some organisation and we do attend the lecture for short time , we are not 'in to it'. and we are not the great student and even the teacher may not be great one .
So to have a student such as Nachiket, who is not in to mortal enjoyment and who 'understands' the futility of the mortal existence , is a rare picture . His father was a teacher , but was also involved in mortal attractions - not donating good cows - so to see no one else but the God of death - YAMARAJ , teaching student like Nachiket is rare and this is a sight to be captured .
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