Acharya Prashant discusses the story of Nachiketa, who he describes as a mere boy dependent on his father. Nachiketa has the honesty and guts to question his father's ritual of donating old, sick, and milkless cows, asking what use it is. The speaker asserts that this act of confronting his father was more difficult than facing Yamraj, the god of death. He explains that people glorify Nachiketa's encounter with Yamraj because it is a myth, a safe story to admire since they will never face the death god in that way. The speaker suggests that things should be put differently: glory to the one who, despite being dependent on someone close, has the guts to utter the truth and leave his home. This is where Nachiketa's real glory lies. The speaker emphasizes that Yamraj is fictitious, and there is no danger in facing fiction. However, Nachiketa's father is real, and there is great danger in confronting a real person, especially when one is dependent on them. He paints a picture of the father, an influential man, dismissing the pestering boy. Finally, annoyed by his son's persistence, the father exclaims in a moment of rage, "I am giving you away to death." The moment of real glory, according to the speaker, is when Nachiketa accepts this, saying, "Fine, if you are giving me away to the death god, then here I go away to death." This demonstrates true dispassion and determination. Acharya Prashant concludes that Nachiketa had already cleared the "big test" by leaving home and giving up all dependency. Facing Yamraj was the smaller, easier test. Once one has overcome dependency and stayed true to oneself, the Truth becomes obvious and is not at all difficult to attain. The great verses of the Katha Upanishad are the easiest part; the more difficult part is at the beginning, when one must ask their father for the Truth, knowing he is not in the Truth. Nachiketa's first request to Yamraj is for his father to be alright, showing no bitterness. He only asks about the Truth and immortality at the very end, after he has passed the real test of rebellion against the false.