Supplementary
Unit
– 01
SUVARNASIDDHI AND CHAKRADHARA
Vishnusharma
Comprehension
i) Answer in one or two sentences each.
1) Who narrated Berunda’s story to whom?
Ans: Suvanasiddhi narrated Berunda’s story to
his friend Chakradhara.
2) Where did the big strange bird live?
Ans: Berunda, the big strange bird live on
the banks of a lake called Sangama.
3) What did the bird find one day?
Ans: The bird found a fruit one day, which
was delicious as ambrosia.
4) How did the first head
describe the fruit?
Ans: The first head
described that the fruit had been sent from the heavens for him and he felt so
lucky for getting it.
5) What did the first head decide to do with
the fruit?
Ans: The first head decided to give fruit to
their beloved wife Tatillatha.
6) How did the second head react to the first
head’s decision?
Ans: The second head was disappointed on the
first head’s decision, and he waiting for a change to take revenge. The second
head found a poisonous fruit and he ate it to take revenge from first head and
both of them died due to foolishness of the second head.
7) Who narrated Brahmadatta’s story?
Ans: Chakradhara narrated Brahmadatta’s
story.
8) Who was Brahmadatta and where did he live?
Ans: Brahmaddatta was a small boy who lived
with his old mother in a city called Varanavarta.
9) What were Brahmadatta’s travel plans?
Ans: Bhramadatta planned to travel to a
village on urgent business.
10) Who was Brahmadatta’s travel companion?
Ans:
Brahmadatta’s travel companion was a crab.
ii) Answer in three to four sentences each.
1) Describe Berunda.
Ans: On the banks of a lake called Sangama lived a big strange bird, Berunda.
That bird had two heads and single body. Berunda’s wife was Tatillatha. It was
very much unusual bird with extreme power but two heads didn’t have same sought
of opinion on any issue.
2) Describe the first head’s decision.
Ans: One day Berunda was wandering on the
banks of the lake, the first head found a fruit, which was delicious as
ambrosia and he said that he was so lucky to get that fruit from heavens it was
sent for him. The first head decided to give that fruit to his wife but the
second head was disappointed at what the first head did. He was waiting for a
chance to take revenge.
3) Why was the second head disappointed at
the first head’s decision?
Ans: The
first head found a fruit and he decided to give that fruit to his wife but the
second head was disappointed at what the first head did as the second head
thought to taste the fruit. He was waiting for a chance to take revenge.
4) How did the second head have its revenge?
Ans: The second head found a poisonous fruit
on a particular day, he told the first head that he would eat that poisonous fruit
to take revenge for his insult. The first head tried to stop him but the second
head ate poisonous fruit and both of them died due to the foolishness of the
second head.
5) What advice did Chakradhara give
Suvamasiddhi?
Ans: It is essential to have a travel
companion while travelling was the advice Chakradhara gave Survamasiddhi.
6) Who was Brahmadatta? What was his mother’s
advice to him?
Ans: Brahmaddatta was a small boy who lived
with his old mother in a city called Varanavarta. Bhramadatta planned to travel
to a village on urgent business. His mother advised him not to travel alone and
asked him take a companion while travelling.
7) How did the mother help Brahmadatta in his
travel?
Ans: Bhramadatta planned to travel to a
village on urgent business. His mother advised him not to travel alone and
asked him take a companion while travelling.
She went to the backyard and took out a crab from the well and put the crab
into a camphor box, the box in a vessel, and sent him on his journey.
8) How did the crab save Brahmadatta’s life?
Ans: Brahmadatta halted and took rest under a
big tree after his summer day’s journey. A snake emerged from the hollow of
tree where he was resting. The snake was attracted by the camphor fragrance and
it swallowed the box. The crab came out of the box and killed the snake. The
boy woke up to find the dead snake and the open camphor box where he saw the
crab was alive and he was saved by his companion.
III. Answer in five or six sentences:
1) Describe how Berunda met his demise.
Ans: One day Berunda was wandering on the
banks of the lake, the first head found a fruit, which was delicious as
ambrosia and he said that he was so lucky to get that fruit from heavens it was
sent for him. The first head decided to give that fruit to his wife but the
second head was disappointed at what the first head did. He was waiting for a
chance to take revenge. The second head found a poisonous fruit on a particular
day; he told the first head that he would eat that poisonous fruit to take
revenge for his insult. The first head tried to stop him but the second head
ate poisonous fruit and both of them died due to the foolishness of the second
head.
2) Describe how heeding his
mother’s advice saved Brahmadatta.
Ans: Bhramadatta planned to travel to a village on
urgent business. His mother advised him not to travel alone and asked him take
a companion while travelling. She went to the backyard and took out a crab from the well and put the crab
into a camphor box, the box in a vessel, and sent him on his journey. Brahmadatta
halted and took rest under a big tree after his summer day’s journey. A snake
emerged from the hollow of tree where he was resting. The snake was attracted
by the camphor fragrance and it swallowed the box. The crab came out of the box
and killed the snake. The boy woke up to find the dead snake and the open
camphor box where he saw the crab was alive and he was saved by his companion.
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