स त्वं प्रियान् प्रियरूपाꣳश्च कामान् अभिध्यायन्नचिकेतोऽत्यस्राक्षीः ।नैताꣳ सृङ्कां वित्तमयीमवाप्तो यस्यां मज्जन्ति बहवो मनुष्याः ॥ ३ ॥
In plain words
You, Naciketas, though repeatedly tempted by dear things and pleasing forms, rejected them. You did not grasp at this wealth-made path/snare, in which many people sink and are lost.