Having received this knowledge taught by Death, and the whole method of yoga, Nachiketas attained Brahman, became free of passion and free of death. So too does any other who thus knows the Self.
मृत्युप्रोक्तां नचिकेतोऽथ लब्ध्वा विद्यामेतां योगविधिं च कृत्स्नम् । ब्रह्मप्राप्तो विरजोऽभूद्विमृत्यु- रन्योऽप्येवं यो विदध्यात्ममेव ॥ १८॥
The sages, united with pure reason, renounce the results of their actions and, liberated from the cycle of birth, they attain a state of bliss.
So long as this soul does not know its real destination while dwelling in the body, it is not going to be liberated from the cycle of births and deaths. There is only one way to get rid of this wandering and that is to realise God while the human body is still there.
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