Sanskrit: जानाम्यहं शेवधिरित्यनित्यंन ह्यध्रुवैः प्राप्यते हि ध्रुवं तत् ।  ततो मया नाचिकेतश्चितोऽग्निःअनित्यैर्द्रव्यैः प्राप्तवानस्मि नित्यम्  
English: 10  Yama said: I know that the treasure resulting from action is not eternal; for what is eternal cannot be obtained by the non- eternal. Yet I have performed the Nachiketa sacrifice with the help of non-eternal things and attained this position which is only relatively eternal. 