He saw that his father was not being sincere. His father made a vow that he will give away everything and attain spiritual bliss. But that man is playing tricks like everybody else. So Nachiketa went to his father and started talking about this to him. A small boy, about five years of age, had tremendous maturity. Nachiketa told his father, what you have done is not right. If you didn't want to give away everything, you shouldn't have taken the vow