Punishment

The royal prince Nachiketas Went to the hell straightway He was the great noble soul He learned the lessons of life To fulfill a his own father's words He walked to the south Supposed to be the hell in epics The head of hell was absent He walked and entered the hell In his own will power and knowledge Hitherto no one attempted There he saw a man crying He was tormented in hell Asked him what the wrong he done In the worldly life while living The poor man replied, I lived such a life in perfection But I have committed a mistake in childhood That this punishment meted out to me Hitherto before attaining adulthood Let the punishment not so severe.