Death continued: “After hearing this, grasping it fully, separating this righteous thing from the body etc., and attaining this subtle thing, that mortal rejoices, for he has obtained that which is the cause of delight. I consider that the mansion of Brahman is wide open to Naciketā.“ Naciketā: “Tell me of that thing which you see as different from virtue, different from vice, different from this cause and effect, and different from the past and the future.“