Question

Summary of scene 4 watchman of the lake.

Answer 1

The summary of the first scene The Watchman of the lake by R.K. Narayan is, Mara is pleading with the headman who was in the process of constructing the road as the king would be visiting soon, to allow him to meet the king. He wants to inform the king about the warning received from the River Veda about building a tank around it so that no farmers will suffer. Thc hcadman docsn't undcrstand his dream and throws him in the cell with his hands and legs tied. It was the goodness of Bhima that Mara was able to escape and meet the king by falling from a tree and stopping the king's procession. This determination ultimately helps the place to get a lake and he becoming the watchman of the lake

Answer 2

Watchman Of The Lake- scene 4

Explanation:

In scene four, we see Mara at the palace seeking permission to speak to the king late at night. Mara, who is drenched in water and has mud splashed all over him, confides to the king that the Goddess had appeared in his dream again and had warned him about Veda overflowing the banks of the lake. She hadn’t relented even when Mara had reminded her that it was at her behest that the bank had been built. Mara adds that the Goddess seemed to be in a destructive mood. Mara tells the king that if the water overflowed, then the whole kingdom would be destroyed. Even as the king gets ready to inform his subjects about the impending deluge and doom, Mara tells him that there is one way of saving the kingdom. He says that the Goddess had promised not to overflow until Mara returned and the king could ensure that Mara didn’t return by killing him. Thus we see that Mara sacrifices himself for the welfare of the king and his subjects. His only request is to make his son the next watchman and his grandson and great-grandsons after his son to be subsequent watchmen of the lake