Sanskrit: येयं प्रेते विचिकित्सा मनुष्ये-ऽस्तीत्येके नायमस्तीति चैके ।  एतद्विद्यामनुशिष्टस्त्वयाऽहंवराणामेष वरस्तृतीयः  
English: 20  Nachiketa said: There is this doubt about a man when he is dead: Some say that he exists; others, that he does not. This I should like to know, taught by you. This is the third of my boons. 