Lesson - 2
HOLI
Holi is a festival of spring. It is also the festival of colours. It brings joy to us. Mother prepares sweets for us during Holi. We exchange abir with our friends and relatives. It is an expression of love. We give abir to our elders also. It is a mark of respect for them. We should avoid harmful colours. We should use good quality of abir.
āĻšোāϞি āĻŦāϏāύ্āϤ⧰ āĻāĻা āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą। āĻāĻো ā§°āĻā§° āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą। āĻ āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻŦাā§ąে āĻāύāύ্āĻĻ āĻāύে। āĻšোāϞি āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻŽাāϤৃāϏāĻāϞে āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻাā§°āĻŖে āĻŽিāĻ াāĻ āϏাāĻু āĻā§°ে। āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻā§°ু āĻāϤ্āĻŽীāϝ়āϝāύ⧰ āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻŦিā§° āϏāϞāύি āĻā§°ো। āĻ āĻাāϞ āĻĒোā§ąাā§° āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ āĻĻিāϝ়ে। āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻ্āϝেāώ্āĻ āϞোāĻ āϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻāĻŦিā§° āϞāĻাāĻঁ। āĻāĻāĻো āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύিāϝ় āĻিāĻš্āύ। āĻāĻŽি āĻ্āώāϤিāĻā§° ā§°ংāĻŦোā§°āĻ āϤ্āϝাāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻে। āĻāĻŽি āĻাāϞ āϝোāĻ্āϝāϤা āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻে।
Lord Shri Krishna played Holi in Brindaban. He played with Radha and other companions. We observe Holi on the full moon day of spring. People should play Holi with devotion and love. It makes us happy.
āĻĒ্āϰāĻু āĻļ্āϰী āĻৃāώ্āĻŖā§ে āĻŦৃāύ্āĻĻাāĻŦāύāϤ āĻšোāϞি āĻেāϞিāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ ā§°াāϧা āĻā§°ু āĻ
āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āϏংāĻী āϞāĻāϤ āĻেāϞিāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻŽি āĻšোāϞি āĻŦāϏāύ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖāĻāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ āĻĻিāύা āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ো। āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻāĻ্āϤিā§°ে āĻā§°ু āĻŽā§°āĻŽেā§°ে āĻšোāϞি āĻেāϞিāĻŦ āϞাāĻে। āϏেāĻ āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻāύāύ্āĻĻ āĻāύে।
*Abir- one kind of coloured powder used in Holi, usually called ‘Faku’ in Assamese.
• āĻāĻŦিā§°- āĻāĻা āĻŦিāϧ⧰ ā§°āĻীāύ āĻূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻšāϝ় āϝিāĻো āĻšোāϞিāϤ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়, āĻ
āϏāĻŽীāϝ়া āĻŽāϤে ‘āĻĢাāĻো’ āĻŦুāϞি āĻāϝ়।
Exercise
1. Explain the significance of the following :
āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻāĻĨাāĻŦোā§° āĻŦুāĻাāĻ āϞিāĻা:
(A) We exchange coloured powder during Holi.
Holi is a wonderful festival.
Holi makes us happy.
You should observe Holi with devotion.
Festivals bring joy to us.
Festivals are good for the society.
We should respect our elders.
āĻšোāϞিāϤ āĻāĻŽি ā§°āĻীāύ āĻূāϰ্āĻŖāĻŦোā§° āϏāϞāύি āĻā§°ো।
āĻšোāϞি āĻāĻা āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽāϝ়āĻā§° āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą।
āĻšোāϞিāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻā§°ে।
āĻāĻŽি āĻšোāϞি āĻāĻ্āϤিā§°ে āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻে।
āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąে āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻŦাā§ąে āĻāύāύ্āĻĻ āĻāύে।
āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą āϏāĻŽাāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻাāϞ।
āĻāĻŽি āĻ্āϝেāώ্āĻ āϞোāĻ āϏāĻāϞāĻ āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ āĻĻিāĻŦ āϞাāĻে।
Answer: (A) Holi is an expression of love.
Holi is the festival of colours. It brings joy to us.
People should play Holi with devotion and love.
Mother prepares sweets for us during Holi.
We give abir to our elders also as it shows love and devotion.
Putting abir to elders is a mark of respect for them.
āĻšোāϞিāϝ়ে āĻাāϞ āĻĒোā§ąাā§° āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ āĻĻিāϝ়ে।
āĻšোāϞি ā§°āĻā§° āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą। āĻ āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻŦাā§ąে āĻāύāύ্āĻĻ āĻāύে।
āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻāĻ্āϤিā§°ে āĻā§°ু āĻŽā§°āĻŽেā§°ে āĻšোāϞি āĻেāϞিāĻŦ āϞাāĻে।
āĻšোāϞি āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻŽাāϤৃāϏāĻāϞে āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻাā§°āĻŖে āĻŽিāĻ াāĻ āϏাāĻু āĻā§°ে।
āĻāĻŽি āĻŽā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻ্āϤি āĻĻেāĻাāĻŦ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ্āϝāώ্āĻ āϞোāĻ āϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻāĻŦিā§° āϞāĻাāĻঁ।
āĻ্āϝেāώ্āĻ āϞোāĻ āϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻāĻŦিā§° āϞāĻাāĻঁ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻāĻো āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύিāϝ় āĻিāĻš্āύ।
Learn the meaning of the following:
āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻ
āϰ্āĻĨ āϞিāĻা:
1. (B) Observe (āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ)
Love (āĻŽā§°āĻŽ)
Respect (āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ)
Use (āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°)
Devote (āĻāĻ্āϤি)
Give (āĻĻিāϝ়া)
Make (āϏাāĻু)
Avoid (āϤ্āϝাāĻ)
Friend (āĻŦāύ্āϧু)
Elders (āĻ্āϝেāώ্āĻ )
Companion (āϏংāĻী)
Relative (āĻāϤ্āĻŽীāϝ় āϞোāĻ)
Society (āϏāĻŽাāĻ)
Sweet (āĻŽিāĻ া)
Quality (āĻুāĻŖ)
Harmful (āĻ্āώāϤিāĻā§°)
(C) Full moon day (āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖāĻāύ্āĻĻ্ā§°ā§° āĻĻিāύ)
Full moon night(āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖিāĻŽা)
During Holi (āĻšোāϞি āϏāĻŽāϝ়)
During Puja (āĻĒূāĻা āϏāĻŽāϝ়)
Exchange abir (āĻāĻŦিā§° āϏāϞāύি āĻā§°া)
Exchange books. (āĻিāϤাāĻĒ āϏāϞāύি āĻā§°া)
2. Fill up the blanks:
āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻā§°া:
(A) A festival is _good for the society. (good/bad)
āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą āϏāĻŽাāĻā§° āĻাā§°āĻŖে āĻাāϞ। (āĻাāϞ/āĻŦেāϝ়া)
(B) We should avoid harmful colours (use/avoid)
āĻāĻŽি āĻ্āώāϤিāĻā§° ā§°ংāĻŦোā§° āϤ্āϝাāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻে (āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°/āϤ্āϝাāĻ)
(C) We give coloured powder to our elders during Holi as a mark of respect. (love/respect)
āĻāĻŽি āĻšোāϞি āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻ্āϝেāώ্āĻ āϞোāĻ āϏāĻāϞāĻ ā§°āĻীāύ āĻূāϰ্āĻŖāĻŦোā§° āϞāĻাāĻঁ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻāĻো āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύিāϝ় āĻিāĻš্āύ। (āĻŽā§°āĻŽ/āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ)
3. Make sentences with the following sets of words:
āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°েāĻĻি āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ āύিāϰ্āĻŽাāύ āĻā§°া:
a) (play,we, Holi) (āĻেāϞ, āĻāĻŽি, āĻšোāϞি)
Ans: We play holi by putting colours to our friends and relatives.
āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻāϤ্āĻŽীāϝ় āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞāĻ ā§°ং āϞāĻাāĻ āĻāĻŽি āĻšোāϞি āĻেāϞু।
b) (colours, give, we)(ā§°ং, āĻĻিāϝ়া, āĻāĻŽি)
Ans: We give colour powders to our elder.
āĻ্āϝāώ্āĻ āϞোāĻ āϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻāĻŽি ā§°āĻীāύ āĻূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻĻিāĻঁ।
c) (mother, sweets, prepares) (āĻŽাāĻ, āĻŽিāĻ া, āϏাāĻু)
Ans: During holi, mother prepares sweets for us.
āĻšোāϞি āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻŽাāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻাā§°āĻŖে āĻŽিāĻ াāĻ āϏাāĻু āĻā§°ে।
d) (we, sweets, eat) (āĻāĻŽি, āĻŽিāĻ া, āĻাāĻঁ)
Ans: We eat sweets prepared by our mother.
āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻŽাāϝ়ে āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻŽিāĻ াāĻ āĻাāĻঁ।
e) (observe, Holi, we) (āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ, āĻšোāϞি, āĻāĻŽি)
Ans:We observe Holi on the full moon day of spring.
āĻāĻŽি āĻšোāϞি āĻŦāϏāύ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖāĻāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ āĻĻিāύা āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ো।
4.
a) Who played Holi in Brindaban?
āĻোāύে āĻŦৃāύ্āĻĻাāĻŦāύāϤ āĻšোāϞি āĻেāϞিāĻিāϞ?
Ans: Lord Shri Krishna played Holi in Brindaban.
āĻĒ্āϰāĻু āĻļ্āϰী āĻৃāώ্āĻŖā§ে āĻŦৃāύ্āĻĻাāĻŦāύāϤ āĻšোāϞি āĻেāϞিāĻিāϞ।
b) On which day is Holi observed?
āĻোāύ āĻĻিāύা āĻšোāϞি āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি?
Ans: Holi is observed on the full moon day of Spring.
āĻšোāϞি āĻŦāϏāύ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖāĻāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ āĻĻিāύা āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি।
c) Why should we avoid some coloured substances while playing Holi?
āĻāĻŽি āĻšোāϞি āĻেāϞা āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻিāϝ় ā§°āĻীāύ āĻĒāĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨ āϤ্āϝাāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻে?
Ans: We should avoid some coloured substances while playing Holi because it can harm our health.
āĻāĻŽি āĻšোāϞি āĻেāϞা āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ ā§°āĻীāύ āĻĒāĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨ āϤ্āϝাāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻে āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻāĻŦোā§°ে āĻāĻŽাā§° āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āĻ্āώāϤি āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে।
d) With whom did Lord Shri Krishna play Holi?
āĻাā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻĒ্āϰāĻু āĻļ্āϰী āĻৃāώ্āĻŖāĻ āĻšোāϞি āĻেāϞিāĻিāϞ?
Ans: Lord Shri Krishna played Holi with Radha and other companions.
āĻĒ্āϰāĻু āĻļ্āϰী āĻৃāώ্āĻŖā§ে ā§°াāϧা āĻā§°ু āĻ
āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āϏংāĻী āϞāĻāϤ āĻšোāϞি āĻেāϞিāĻিāϞ।
Dipshikha Das
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