preyas
प्रेयस् preyasThe pleasant, the gratifying, contrasted with shreyas, the good, in the Katha Upanishad (1.2). Choosing preyas out of craving is, in Yama's teaching to Nachiketa, to miss the higher goal.
Where this term appears
- The Katha Upanishad: the boy who questioned Death Treatise
It is well with him who clings to the good; he who chooses the pleasant, misses his end" (1.2.1). Shreyas and preyas , the good and the dear.
- The Ones Who Asked Treatise
There are two paths, the god says, the good and the pleasant, shreyas and preyas .
- Nachiketas and the god of death Journal
There is the shreyas , the good, and there is the preyas , the pleasant.