1.1.09-10
शान्तसङ्कल्पः सुमना यथा स्यात् वीतमन्युर्गौतमो माऽभि मृत्यो। त्वत्प्रसृष्टं माऽभि वदेत् प्रतीत एतत् त्रयाणां प्रथमं वरं वृणे ॥९॥
May Gautama, of peaceful resolve and cheerful mind, free from anger, be not harsh toward me, O Death, nor reproach me as having been sent by you. Assured of this, I choose this as the first of the three boons.
यथा पुरस्तात् भविता प्रतीतः औद्दालकिरारुणिर्मत्प्रसृष्टः। सुखं रात्रीः शयिता वीतमन्युः त्वां ददृशिवान् मृत्युमुखात् प्रमुक्तम् ॥१०॥
As it shall be, assuredly, that Uddālaka Āruṇi will peacefully sleep through the nights, free from anger, having sent forth by me, found and seen you released from the jaws of death.
Bhāṣy 1.1.09-10
Ancient testimonial declared the three boons given by lord Yama as: (1) Peace of mind for his father, (2) the radiant knower of the Nāchiketa fire, and (3) that One Viṣṇu, who is established in liberation.
सौमनस्यं पितुश्चैव नाचिकेताग्निगं हरिम्। मुक्ते स्थितं च तं विष्णुं इति प्रादात् वरत्रयम्॥
Peace of mind for his father, the radiant knower of the Nāchiketa fire, and that One Viṣṇu, who is established in liberation; thus did he grant the three boons."
इति गतिसारे।
- stated thus in the ancient testimonial called 'gati-sāra', i.e. the essence of liberation.
