Values & Stories, Volume 11
Nachiketa and the Lord of Death
The Boy Who Was Not Afraid, A Story of Fearlessness
A Sanatan Values Story from the Katha Upanishad
Author: Shashwat Sanatan
At a glance
- Ages
- 7–10
- Pages
- 30
- Series
- Values & Stories, Volume 11
- Language
- English
- Formats
- Paperback · Kindle eBook · Google Play eBook
This book is coming soon to Amazon and Google Play.
About this book
What would you ask, if you could ask Death himself one question?
When young Nachiketa is sent, in a moment of his father's anger, to the house of Yama, the Lord of Death, he does not weep and does not run. He waits three nights at the great door with a calm and steady heart. And when the Lord of Death offers him gold, kingdoms, and a hundred happy years, the boy asks for none of it. He wants only the answer to the biggest question of all: what is it in us that never really ends?
A gentle, luminous retelling of one of the oldest and deepest stories in all of Bharat, the heart of the Katha Upanishad. Death is never made frightening; Yama is a kind and just teacher, and the story turns a child's fear into calm and wonder. With a Parent Notes page that opens the conversation about the deathless Self (atman), talking points, and a glossary.
From the Sanatan Bhumi · Gurukul imprint, Bharat-rooted, parampara-respectful, never preachy. From the Values & Stories series.
Illustrations were made with digital tools, including AI, then selected and retouched by hand.
