So we are studying the katupanishad and we were in the second section of the first chapter. We had done the tenth mantra if I remember correctly, where yama the lord of death is praising the young boy naji keita who is also a student. He says that you know you are unique, I was at one time a mortal like you, so for this we have to understand all these gods with with small g,. They they are sentient beings just like us, like us is a stretch, they're extraordinarily powerful and magnificent in many different ways.
Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches the Katha Upanishad, which is one of India's most revered texts and a part of the Vedas. It is a collection of philosophical poems representing a conversation between the sage Naciketas and Yama (god of death). They discuss the nature of Atman, Brahman and Moksha(liberation).