शान्तसंकल्पः सुमना यथा स्याद्
वीतमन्युर्गौतमो माऽभि मृत्यो ।
त्वत्प्रसृष्टं माऽभिवदेत्प्रतीत
एतत् त्रयाणां प्रथमं वरं वृणे ॥ १०॥
śāntasaṃkalpaḥ sumanā yathā syād
vītamanyurgautamo mā’bhi mṛtyo .
tvatprasṛṣṭaṃ mā’bhivadetpratīta
etat trayāṇāṃ prathamaṃ varaṃ vṛṇe .. 10..
Nachiketa said: O Death, may Gautama, my father, be calm, cheerful and free from anger toward me! May he recognise me and greet me when I shall have been sent home by you! This I choose as the first of the three boons.