I. THE GREAT QUESTIONING.

The vairagya, world-surfeit, of Nachiketa and his question to Yama, the ruler of the Preta-worlds. — The vairagya of Maitreyi and her question to Yajnavalkya. — The vairagya of Rama and his question of Vasishtha. — The quest of the soul after immortality and self- dependence ; its shrinking from annihilation and dependence on the mercy of another. ... i — 6