<Tr> <Th> First used in </Th> <Td> Katha Upanishad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Also used in </Th> <Td> Lectures of Swami Vivekananda . </Td> </Tr> <P> Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached is a sloka of Katha Upanishad which was popularized in the late 19th century by Indian Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda . It was his message to the Hindus to get out of their hypnotized state of mind . Swami Vivekananda used the sloka so widely in his teachings that sometimes Swami Vivekananda is mistakenly identified as the author of the sloka . </P> <P> Nachiketa, the child protagonist of Katha Upanishad, was sent to Yama, the Hindu god of death, by his father Vajashrava . In the abode of Yama, he answered Nachiketa's questions and taught him Self - knowledge and the methods of Yoga . The verse "Arise, awake ..." can be found in the 1.3. 14 chapter of the book, where Yama is advising Nachiketa--</P>

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