Khila Kanda. Adhyaya 6, Brahmana 2. The five fires, and the two paths after death
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Each mantra is given four ways: the Sanskrit in its Devanagari script, the same sounds in Roman letters, an English translation set in our own voice, and then the line once more in plain words, for a first and unhurried reading.
Not every passage is opened to the same depth. A few central mantras carry the full cross-school commentary, where the schools are set side by side. The rest are kept here whole and faithful, set in their place but not expounded, so the book stays entire and nothing is dropped for being thought minor.
Where the schools read a line differently, the difference is kept open. None is crowned and none is corrected. Each is met on its own terms, and where they contradict, the contradiction is left standing for you to sit with.
Svetaketu before the king
Svetaketu, the grandson of Aruna, came to the assembly of the Pancalas. He came upon Pravahana, the son of Jivala, as he was being waited upon. Looking up at him the king addressed him: Boy! And he answered: Yes. Have you been taught by your father? Yes, he said.
Svetaketu, grandson of Aruna and a proud young scholar, came to the court of the Pancala people and approached the king, Pravahana son of Jivala, who was being attended by his servants. The king called out to him, Boy, and Svetaketu answered. Asked whether his father (Gautama, that is Uddalaka Aruni) had taught him, he said yes.