Balam means child from a spiritual perspective. Yama is telling neducator, these are childish people. This kind of thinking is not acceptable to immature minds. It's very interesting that people, i have had people come and tell me, i don't believe in that sort of thing. I won't say childlike, it's good, which i like the difference between being childlike and childish. These people are childish. Ah, so what is this vedic knowledge? You see, the commentator says, paralo catot prapti preogona athe avitatia shastria,. The scriptural knowledge that there is something beyond this world. That we have
Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches the Katha Upanishad, which is one of the most popular Upanishads. The scripture concerns the story of a young man who goes to the house of death to find out what happens after death. The reply describes the nature of reality and the meaning of life.