B1C1V6:

B1C1V6: Father was not serious about the sacrifice of his son to YAMA – THE GOD OF DEATH, but Nachiketa is. He is consoling his father by saying that we have to look back as well to look forward too and considering the situation dispassionately we should step accordingly. Death too should not scare one from doing what is ought to be done. Life is a continuous process. All living thing born and grow and die and rot. So meeting the death one day is inevitable so not a big deal to Nachiketa.