eck your comprehension
Share your responses
1. Who did Yudhistira ask to look for water?
2. Why do you think Nakula was happy when he got
to the place?
3. Can you give a word for 'transparent' which means
almost the same?
4. Why do you think Nakula did not obey the voice?
5. What happened to Nakula when he drank the water?
6. Why did Yudhistira send Sahadeva to see what the
matter was?
7. Why did Sahadeva meet the same fate as Nakula?
Answers
Answer:
1. Nakula
2. When Nakula got to the place there was a pool of water. So he was very happy to quench his thirst.
3. see-through, clear, translucent, pellucid
4. Nakula wanted to drink water first to quench his thirst. Therefore he did not obey the voice of the Yaksha
5. he died when he drank water
6. when Arjuna bhima nakula did not return after a long time who went to fetch some water from the nearby lake . yudhisthira felt something was fishy and sent sahadeva to see what was the matter
7.Sahadeva meets the same fate as Nakula because of Nakula and his twin brother Sahadeva who is the youngest of the five Pandava brothers. The twins are born to mother Madri, the second wife of King Pandu, but mythologically Nakula and Sahadeva are the sons of the Aswins, the god-twins. Due to a curse, King Pandu who could not produce heirs with his wives, so he encouraged them to invoke a special mantra that allowed them to have children with the gods of their choice. With the mantra, Madri was thought of as the twin Aswins, who come to her with speed begat upon her two sons whose named Nakula and Sahadeva.