Nachiketa said Hearing these words of Vaivasvata, the Regent of the dead, I once more addressed him, saying What are those objects by giving which, when kine cannot be had, givers may yet go to regions reserved for men making gifts of kine.
नचिकेता उवाच श्रुत्वा वैवस्वतवचस्तमहं पुनरब्रुवम्। अभावे गोप्रदातॄणां कथं लोकान् हि गच्छति॥