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Katha-Upanishad: First Valli

  First Adhyâya First Valli   1. Vagasravasa, desirous (of heavenly rewards), surrendered (at a sacrifice) all that he possessed. He had a son of the name of Nakiketas. 2. When…

Kaushitaki-Upanishad: First Adhyâya

First Adhyâya 1. Kitra Gangyayani, forsooth, wishing to perform a sacrifice, chose Aruni (Uddalaka, to be his chief priest). But Aruni sent his son, Svetaketu, and said: “Perform the…

Talavakara-Upanishad: First Khanda

First Khanda 1. The Pupil asks: “At whose wish does the mind sent forth proceed on its errand? At whose command does the first breath go forth? At whose wish do we utter this speech?…

First Results of Census 2000 Released

New figures put U.S. population at 281.4 million by Ann-Marie Imbornoni Population Links Census 1790–2000Colonial Population EstimatesTotal Population, 1970–1990Population by Age and Race, 1860…

George Washington's First Inaugural Address

Given in New York, on Thursday, April 30, 1789 Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: Among the vicissitudes incident to life no event could have filled me with…

Walt Whitman: First O Songs for a Prelude

First O Songs for a PreludeFirst O songs for a prelude, Lightly strike on the stretch'd tympanum pride and joy in my city, How she led the rest to arms, how she gave the cue, How at once with…

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: First Edition

Fifth Edition First Edition Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught The Sultan's…

Maitrayana-Brahmaya-Upanishad: First Prapathaka

First Prapathaka1. The laying of the formerly-described sacrificial fires is indeed the sacrifice of Brahman. Therefore let the sacrificer, after he has laid those fires, meditate on the Self…