The dialogue of Naciketas with Yama, lord of death — and Yama’s teaching on the nature of the Self that does not die. The Upanishad most directly concerned with mortality.
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Tradition
Śruti. Belongs to the Black Yajur Veda. Cited by Schopenhauer; quoted in the Bhagavad Gītā; the source of the chariot allegory of body, mind, intellect, and Self.
Translation
F. Max Müller, *The Upanishads*, Sacred Books of the East, vol. 1 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879) and vol. 15 (1884). Public domain.
License
Public domain (pre-1929 English translation). Reproduced for educational and religious commentary.