जनको ह वैदेहः कूर्चाद् उपावसर्पन्न् उवाच -- नमस् ते ऽस्तु याज्ञवल्क्य । अनु मा शाधीति । स होवाच यथा वै सम्राण् महान्तम् अध्वानम् एष्यन् रथं वा नावं वा समाददीतैवम् एवैताभिर् उपनिषद्भिः समाहितात्मासि । एवं वृन्दारक आढ्यः सन्न् अधीतवेद उक्तोपनिषत्क इतो विमुच्यमानः क्व गमिष्यसीति । नाहं तद् भगवन् वेद यत्र गमिष्यामीति । अथ वै ते ऽहं तद् वक्ष्यामि यत्र गमिष्यसीति । ब्रवीतु भगवान् इति
janako ha vaidehaḥ kūrcād upāvasarpann uvāca -- namas te 'stu yājñavalkya | anu mā śādhīti | sa hovāca yathā vai samrāṇ mahāntam adhvānam eṣyan rathaṃ vā nāvaṃ vā samādadītaivam evaitābhir upaniṣadbhiḥ samāhitātmāsi | evaṃ vṛndāraka āḍhyaḥ sann adhītaveda uktopaniṣatka ito vimucyamānaḥ kva gamiṣyasīti | nāhaṃ tad bhagavan veda yatra gamiṣyāmīti | atha vai te 'haṃ tad vakṣyāmi yatra gamiṣyasīti | bravītu bhagavān iti
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Ganaka Vaideha, descending from his throne, said: ‘ I bow to you, O Ya^wavalkya, teach me.’ Ya^avalkya said: ‘ Your Majesty, as a man who wishes to make a long journey, would furnish himself with a chariot or a ship, thus is your mind well furnished by these Upanishads. You are honourable, and wealthy, you have learnt the Vedas and been told the Upanishads. Whither then will you go when departing hence? ’ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘Sir, I do not know whither I shall go/ Ya^2avalkya said: ‘ Then I shall tell you this, whither you will go/ Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ Tell it, Sir/
Translated by F. Max MüllerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.