Damon And Pythias
āĻĄেāĻŽāύ āĻā§°ু āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻ
[King Dionysus realises that he may be a king with a lot of riches but Pythias has something more precious - a true friend.]
[ā§°āĻা āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻে āĻāĻĒāϞāĻŦ্āϧি āĻā§°ে āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āĻšāϝ়āϤো āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āϧāύ-āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϤ্āϤি āĻĨāĻা āĻāĻāύ ā§°āĻা āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻā§° āϤাāϤāĻৈāĻ āĻŽূāϞ্āĻ¯ā§ąাāύ āĻিāĻŦা āĻāĻা āĻāĻে - āĻāĻāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤ āĻŦāύ্āϧু।]
CHARACTERS
āĻā§°িāϤ্ā§°āϏāĻŽূāĻš
Narrator, Dionysus, Chief Jailer, Pythias, Damon, Guards, Followers of Dionysus, People in the Crowd.
āĻāĻĨāĻ, āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻ, āĻŽুāĻ্āϝ āĻেāĻāϞাā§°, āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻ, āĻĄেāĻŽāύ, āĻাā§°্āĻĄ, āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻā§° āĻ āύুāĻাāĻŽী, āĻিā§°ā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻŽাāύুāĻš।
SCENEI
NARRATOR : King Dionysus was an extremely rich and a cruel tyrant who ruled over Syracuse, one of the kingdoms of Greece. In his kingdom there was a young man called Damon. He had a friend called Pythias who lived in another kingdom. The two great friends were hardly ever seen apart. If Damon did not go to visit Pythias, then Pythias came to see Damon. Once Pythias was visiting Damon. Unfortunately, he made Dionysus very angry by saying in public that he was a wicked ruler. The tyrant put him in prison and condemned him to die in three months.
NARRATOR : ā§°āĻা āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻāĻāύ āĻ āϤি āϧāύী āĻā§°ু āĻāĻāύ āύিāώ্āĻ ুā§° āĻ āϤ্āϝাāĻাā§°ী āϝিāϝ়ে āĻ্ā§°ীāĻā§° āĻ āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ ā§°াāĻ্āϝ āĻিā§°াāĻিāĻāĻāϤ āĻļাāϏāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁā§° ā§°াāĻ্āϝāϤ āĻĻাāĻŽোāύ āύাāĻŽā§° āĻāĻāύ āϝুā§ąāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻ āύাāĻŽā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻāĻিāϞ āϝি āĻāύ āĻāĻāύ ā§°াāĻ্āϝāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻāύ āĻŽāĻšাāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ়েāĻ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻে āĻĻেāĻা āĻĒোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ। āϝāĻĻি āĻĄেāĻŽāύ āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻāĻ āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āύাāϝাāϝ়, āϤেāύ্āϤে āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻ āĻĄেāĻŽāύāĻ āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻšিāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻŦাā§° āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻে āĻĄেāĻŽāύāĻ āϞāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈ āĻāĻিāϞ। āĻĻুā§°্āĻাāĻ্āϝāĻāύāĻāĻাā§ąে āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻāύ āĻĻুāώ্āĻ āĻļাāϏāĻ āĻŦুāϞি ā§°াāĻāĻšুā§ąাāĻাā§ąে āĻৈ āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻāĻ āĻ āϤিāĻļāϝ় āĻং āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻ āϤ্āϝাāĻাā§°ীāϝ়ে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻাā§°াāĻাā§°āϤ āĻā§°াāĻ āϤিāύিāĻŽাāĻšā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āĻĻোāώী āϏাāĻŦ্āϝāϏ্āϤ āĻā§°ে।
DIONYSUS : Who is this knave you soldiers have brought?
āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻ : āϤোāĻŽাāϞোāĻ āϏৈāύ্āϝāĻ āĻ āύা āĻāĻ āϞুāĻāĻĒাāϤ āĻোāύ?
CHIEF JAILER: It's the man you sent us to arrest for speaking against you, O mighty king.
āĻŽুāĻ্āϝ āĻেāϞাā§°: āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻ্ā§°েāĻĒ্āϤাā§° āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒāĻ োā§ąা āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύেāĻ, āĻšে āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী ā§°āĻা।
DIONYSUS : So you are the scoundrel that spoke against me, the great king of Syracuse. Tell me that you have dared to say against my good name.
āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻ : āĻāϤিāĻে āϤুāĻŽি āĻŽোā§° āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąা āϏেāĻ āĻুā§āϏিāϤ, āĻিā§°াāĻিāĻāĻā§° āĻŽāĻšাāύ ā§°āĻা। āĻŽোā§° āĻাāϞ āύাāĻŽā§° āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻ’āĻŦāϞৈ āϏাāĻšāϏ āĻā§°া āĻŦুāϞি āĻোā§ąা।
PYTHIAS : All I spoke was the truth - that although you are powerful, you are a cruel and a foolish king. Cruel because you rule with a fierce army. Foolish because your people serve you out of fear, not because they respect and love you. A good ruler would........
PYTHIAS : āĻŽāĻ āĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āϏāϤ্āϝāĻোā§ąেāĻ āĻ’āϞোঁ - āϝে āĻāĻĒুāύি āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী, āϤāĻĨাāĻĒিāĻ āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻāĻāύ āύিāώ্āĻ ুā§° āĻā§°ু āĻŽূā§°্āĻ ā§°āĻা। āύিāώ্āĻ ুā§° āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻĒুāύি āϤীāĻŦ্ā§° āϏেāύাāĻŦাāĻšিāύীā§°ে āĻļাāϏāύ āĻā§°ে। āĻŽূā§°্āĻ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϤোāĻŽাā§° āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞে āĻāϝ়ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦেāĻ āϤোāĻŽাā§° āϏেā§ąা āĻā§°ে, āϤোāĻŽাāĻ āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ āĻā§°ু āĻĒ্ā§°েāĻŽ āĻā§°াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āύāĻšāϝ়। āĻāĻāύ āĻাāϞ āĻļাāϏāĻে........
DIONYSUS : Silence! I have heard enough. Because of your insolent words you shall learn how powerful I truly am. You will be thrown into prison and at the end of three months you will be put to death.
āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻ : āĻŽৌāύāϤা! āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āĻļুāύিāĻো। āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻ āĻšংāĻাā§°ী āĻāĻĨাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦেāĻ āϤুāĻŽি āĻļিāĻিāĻŦা āϝে āĻŽāĻ āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী। āϤোāĻŽাāϞোāĻāĻ āĻাā§°াāĻাā§°āϤ āĻĒেāϞাāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻš’āĻŦ āĻā§°ু āϤিāύি āĻŽাāĻšā§° āĻļেāώāϤ āϤোāĻŽাāĻ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻš’āĻŦ।
DAMON (entering) : Please, Mighty king spare his life. My friend Pythias is a stranger here and he did not know that it was against the law to criticize you in public.
āĻĄেāĻŽāύ (āĻĒ্ā§°ā§ąেāĻļ āĻā§°ি) : āĻ āύুāĻ্ā§°āĻš āĻā§°ি, āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী ā§°āĻা āύিāĻā§° āĻীā§ąāύ ā§°āĻ্āώা āĻā§°āĻ। āĻŽোā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻ āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻāĻāύ āĻ āĻিāύাāĻি āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁ āύাāĻাāύিāĻিāϞ āϝে ā§°াāĻāĻšুā§ąাāĻৈ āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ āϏāĻŽাāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°াāĻো āĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে।
DIONYSUS : In my kingdom, my word is law. He will learn this the hard way, and after his death others will think twice before speaking against the mighty Dionysus.
āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻ : āĻŽোā§° ā§°াāĻ্āϝāϤ āĻŽোā§° āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ āĻŦিāϧাāύ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻāĻ িāύ āĻĒāĻĨেā§°ে āĻļিāĻিāĻŦ, āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻāύāϏāĻāϞে āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻā§° āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąাā§° āĻāĻāϤে āĻĻুāĻŦাā§° āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°িāĻŦ।
PYTHIAS : King Dionysus, I must accept your harsh law, but I ask a favour of you. I ask that you let me return to my country and bid goodbye to my old mother and young sister. They will be alone in the world with no one to look after them after I die. Let me make some arrangements for them. Then I will return to receive my punishment.
PYTHIAS : ā§°āĻা āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻ, āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻāĻ োā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻŽāĻ āĻŽাāύি āϞ’āĻŦ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻা āĻ āύুāĻ্ā§°āĻš āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻো। āĻŽāĻ āĻ āύুā§°োāϧ āĻā§°িāĻো āϝে āĻāĻĒোāύাāϞোāĻে āĻŽোāĻ āĻŽোā§° āĻĻেāĻļāϞৈ āĻāĻāϤি āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŽোā§° āĻŦুāĻĸ়া āĻŽা āĻā§°ু āϏ⧰ু āĻāύীāϝ়েāĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻĻাāϝ় āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ। āĻŽোā§° āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϏিāĻšঁāϤāĻ āĻোā§ąা-āĻিāϤা āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻোāύো āύাāĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϤ āĻ āĻāϞāĻļā§°ীāϝ়া āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻিāĻু āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨা āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāĻঁ। āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻŽāĻ āĻŽোā§° āĻļাāϏ্āϤি āĻ্ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻāϤি āϝাāĻŽ।
DIONYSUS : You expect me to believe that If let you go, you will return. Guards, throw this criminal into prison.
āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻ : āϤুāĻŽি āĻŽোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻļা āĻā§°িāĻা āϝে āϝāĻĻি āϤোāĻŽাāĻ āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāϝ়ে, āϤেāύ্āϤে āϤুāĻŽি āĻāĻāϤি āĻāĻšিāĻŦা। āĻাā§°্āĻĄ, āĻāĻ āĻ āĻĒā§°াāϧীāĻ āĻাā§°াāĻাā§°āϤ āĻĒেāϞাāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ।
DAMON : Wait Great King. My friend Pythias is an honest man. If he promises to return, he will keep his word. If he does not return, then on the day of his execution I will take his punishment of death.
āĻĄেāĻŽāύ : ā§°’āĻŦা āĻ্ā§°েāĻ āĻিং। āĻŽোā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻ āĻāĻāύ āϏ⧠āĻŽাāύুāĻš। āϝāĻĻি āϤেāĻঁ āĻূā§°ি āĻ āĻšাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻļ্ā§°ুāϤি āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϤেāύ্āϤে āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦ। āϝāĻĻি āϤেāĻঁ āĻূā§°ি āύাāĻšে, āϤেāύ্āϤে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĢাঁāĻীā§° āĻĻিāύা āĻŽāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āϞāĻŽ।
DIONYSUS : Well, if you are foolish enough to take his place, then you deserve his death. Throw Damon into prison instead, (exit Dionysus and his people)
āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻ : āĻŦাā§°ু, āϝāĻĻি āĻāĻĒুāύি āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ াāĻ āϞ’āĻŦāϞৈ āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āĻŽূā§°্āĻ, āϤেāύ্āϤে āĻāĻĒুāύি āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āϝোāĻ্āϝ। āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤে āĻĄেāĻŽāύāĻ āĻাā§°াāĻাā§°āϞৈ āĻĒেāϞাāĻāĻ, (āĻĄাāĻāĻ 'āύিāĻাāĻ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻāϞাāĻ āϝাāĻāĻ)
PYTHIAS : Thank you, Damon, my friend, I will feel better after my family has been taken care of. Then I shall return. I will not let you take my penalty of death.
āĻĒিāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻ : āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ āĻĄেāĻŽāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧু, āĻŽোā§° āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞ⧰ āϝāϤ্āύ āϞোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻŽোā§° āĻŽāύāĻো āĻাāϞ āĻš’āĻŦ। āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻāϤি āϝাāĻŽ। āĻŽāĻ āϤোāĻŽাāĻ āĻŽোā§° āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āϞ’āĻŦāϞৈ āύিāĻĻিāĻঁ।
DAMON : I believe you my friend. Good luck for your journey. (They shake hands and Pythias leaves).
āĻĄেāĻŽāύ : āĻŽāĻ āϤোāĻŽাāĻ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°োঁ āĻŽোā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧু। āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āϝাāϤ্ā§°াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻļুāĻāĻাāĻŽāύা āĻĨাāĻিāϞ। (āĻšাāϤ āĻŽিāϞাāĻ āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻ āĻুāĻি āϝাāϝ়)।
SCENE II
NARRATOR : Pythias returned home. He had a safe and speedy trip. He got his sister married to a good man, bade goodbye to his mother and started on his journey back to Syracuse. However, on his way back he ran into storms and wild animals, and then into thieves. The thieves took all he had and left him tied up in ropes. (Dionysus enters with his followers)
NARRATOR : āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻ āĻā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻāϤি āĻāĻšিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁā§° āύিā§°াāĻĒāĻĻ āĻā§°ু āĻĻ্ā§°ুāϤ āϝাāϤ্ā§°া āĻāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻāύীāϝ়েāĻāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻাāϞ āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻŦিāϝ়া āĻā§°াāĻ āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦিāĻĻাāϝ় āϞৈ āĻিā§°াāĻিāĻāĻāϞৈ āĻāĻāϤি āϝোā§ąাā§° āϝাāϤ্ā§°া āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°ে। āĻ ā§ąāĻļ্āϝে āĻāĻāϤি āĻ āĻšাā§° āĻĒāĻĨāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āϧুāĻŽুāĻšা āĻā§°ু āĻŦāύ্āϝāĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖীā§° āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻীāύ āĻš’āĻŦāϞāĻীāϝ়া āĻšāϝ়, āĻā§°ু āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻোā§°ā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻŽুāĻাāĻŽুāĻি āĻšāϝ়। āĻোā§°āĻŦোā§°ে āϤেāĻঁā§° āϏāĻāϞোāĻিāύি āϞৈ ā§°āĻীā§°ে āĻŦাāύ্āϧি āĻĨৈ āĻ’āϞ। (āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ āύুāĻাāĻŽীāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻĒ্ā§°ā§ąেāĻļ āĻā§°ে)
DIONYSUS : So, Damon, the day for the execution is almost here. Do you still think Pythias will return?
āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻ : āĻāϤিāĻে āĻĄেāĻŽāύ, āĻĢাঁāĻীā§° āĻĻিāύāĻো āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āĻāĻšিāϞ। āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻ āĻূā§°ি āĻāĻšিāĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻŦিāĻেāύে?
DAMON : My friend is loyal and will come if he can, if not, I will gladly die in his place.
āĻĄেāĻŽāύ : āĻŽোā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻāύুāĻāϤ্āϝāĻļীāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĒাā§°িāϞে āĻāĻšিāĻŦ, āύāĻš’āϞে āĻŽāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ াāĻāϤ āĻāύāύ্āĻĻā§°ে āĻŽā§°ি āϝাāĻŽ।
DIONYSUS : Then you are foolish beyond belief. Pythias has cheated you. I will see that you die in his place.
āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻ : āϤেāύ্āϤে āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°াāĻৈ āĻŽূā§°্āĻ। āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻে āϤোāĻŽাāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤাā§°āĻŖা āĻā§°িāĻে। āĻŽāĻ āĻĻেāĻিāĻŽ āϝে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ াāĻāϤ āϤোāĻŽাāϞোāĻā§° āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻšāϝ়।
SCENE III
Pythais comes in crawling, in front of the curtain. He is tied up in ropes. His feet are still shackled. He is hurt and bleeding and covered in dust.
āĻĒাāĻāĻĨাāĻāĻে āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻšাঁāĻšি āϏোāĻŽাāĻ āĻāĻšে, āĻĒā§°্āĻĻাā§° āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻāϤ। ā§°āĻীā§°ে āĻŦাāύ্āϧি āĻĨোā§ąা āĻāĻে। āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻā§°ি āĻĻুāĻāύ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻļিāϞāĻুāĻিā§°ে āĻŦাāύ্āϧি āĻāĻে। āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻাāϤ āĻĒাāĻāĻে āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻ āĻāϞাāĻ āĻāĻে āĻā§°ু āϧূāϞিā§°ে āĻāĻŦৃāϤ।
PYTHIAS : Oh, how many obstacles have slowed my return! Why did those thieves have to tie me up? I begged them to take everything but let me be free to go back to Syracuse. But they wouldn't. How will I get there in time to save Damon? He will surely think I have deserted him. Oh, my friend, if only I could untie these ropes I would be with you in a tree. (He struggles with the knots and finally unties them and stands free). If I run fast enough, I might reach Syracuse in time. (He runs off stage)
āĻĒিāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻ : āĻ ’, āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻŦাāϧাāĻ āĻŽোā§° āĻāĻāϤি āĻ āĻšাā§° āĻāϤি āϞেāĻšেāĻŽীāϝ়া āĻā§°িāĻে! āĻিāϝ় āϏেāĻ āĻোā§°āĻŦোā§°ে āĻŽোāĻ āĻŦাāύ্āϧিāĻŦ āϞāĻা āĻš’āϞ? āĻŽāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āϏāĻāϞোāĻিāύি āϞৈ āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ āύুā§°োāϧ āĻā§°িāϞোঁ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŽোāĻ āĻŽুāĻ্āϤ āĻš’āĻŦāϞৈ āĻĻিāϞোঁ āϝে āĻŽāĻ āĻিā§°াāĻিāĻāĻāϞৈ āĻāĻāϤি āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ। āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āύāĻā§°িāĻŦ। āĻĄেāĻŽāύāĻ āĻŦāĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŽāĻ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āĻŽāϤে āϤাāϤ āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻš’āĻŽ? āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻļ্āĻāϝ় āĻাāĻŦিāĻŦ āϝে āĻŽāĻ āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻĒā§°িāϤ্āϝাāĻ āĻā§°িāϞোঁ। āĻ ’ āĻŦāύ্āϧু, āϝāĻĻিāĻšে āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻ ā§°āĻীāĻŦোā§° āĻুāϞিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāϞোāĻšেঁāϤেāύ āĻŽāĻ āϤোāĻŽাā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻāϤ āĻĨাāĻিāϞোঁāĻšেঁāϤেāύ। (āϤেāĻঁ āĻাঁāĻ িāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে āϝুঁāĻি āĻļেāώāϤ āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻুāϞি āĻŽুāĻ্āϤ āĻšৈ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻĻিāϝ়ে)। āϝāĻĻি āĻŽāĻ āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āĻŦেāĻেā§°ে āĻĻৌā§°ো, āϤেāύ্āϤে āĻšāϝ়āϤো āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻিā§°াāĻিāĻāĻ āĻĒাāĻŽ। (āϤেāĻঁ āĻŽāĻ্āĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĻৌā§°ি āϝাāϝ়)
A crowd gathered near a platform where the execution is to take place.
āĻĢাঁāĻী āĻš’āĻŦāϞāĻীāϝ়া āĻāĻāύ āĻĒ্āϞেāĻāĻĢā§°্āĻŽā§° āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻিā§° āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়।
FIRST PERSON : It is a terrible day when Damon, one of our most liked citizens, should die at the command of our cruel king.
āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি : āĻāĻŽাā§° āύিāώ্āĻ ুā§° ā§°āĻাā§° āĻāĻĻেāĻļāϤ āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻ āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āύাāĻā§°িāĻ āĻĄেāĻŽāύ⧰ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻšোā§ąাāĻো āĻāĻা āĻāϝ়ংāĻā§° āĻĻিāύ।
SECOND PERSON : FO Shh! You don't want to go the same way! (People bow to Dionysus as he walks with followers to a seat near platform)
āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি : āĻāĻĢ.āĻ. āĻļ্āĻŦাāĻš! āϤāĻāĻ āĻāĻে āĻŦাāĻে āϝাāĻŦ āύিāĻŦিāĻাā§°ে! (āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻāĻ āĻ āύুāĻাāĻŽীā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĒ্āϞেāĻāĻĢā§°্āĻŽā§° āĻāĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻāϏāύāϞৈ āĻোāĻ āĻাāĻĸ়ি āϝোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŖাāĻŽ āĻā§°ে)
DIONYSUS (Seating himself) : Bring the prisoner, (enter Damon) You were a fool to take Pythias's place, Damon. Now get ready to die.
āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻ (āύিāĻāĻে āĻŦāĻšি) : āĻŦāύ্āĻĻীāĻāύāĻ āĻāύিāĻŦ, (āĻĄেāĻŽāύāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°ā§ąেāĻļ āĻā§°া) āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻā§° āĻ াāĻ āϞ'āĻŦāϞৈ āϤুāĻŽি āĻŽূā§°্āĻ āĻāĻিāϞা āĻĄেāĻŽāύ। āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻŽā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏাāĻু āĻšāĻāĻ।
(enter executioner with axe)
(āĻুāĻ াā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāϞ্āϞাāĻĻ āĻĒ্ā§°ā§ąেāĻļ āĻā§°āĻ)
FIRST PERSON (pointing off stage) : Look there! Isn't it.....?
āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি (āĻŽāĻ্āĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻুāϞিāϝ়াāĻ): āϤাāϞৈ āĻাāĻāĻ! āύāĻšāϝ়āύে.....?
SECOND PERSON : Yes, indeed it is. I can't believe it.
āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি : āĻšāϝ়, āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে āĻāĻে। āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āύাāĻ।
Pythias (running up to the platform where the execution is to take place): Wait! Stop the execution! I'm here!
Pythias (āĻāĻ্āϏেāĻিāĻāĻāύ āĻš'āĻŦāϞāĻীāϝ়া āĻĒ্āϞেāĻāĻĢā§°্āĻŽāϞৈ āĻĻৌā§°ি): āĻ āĻĒেāĻ্āώা āĻā§°āĻ! āĻĢাঁāĻী āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻā§°āĻ! āĻŽāĻ āĻā§াāϤ!
ONE OF DIONYSUS'S FOLLOWERS : It's Pythias!
āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻ ā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻ āύুāĻাāĻŽী: āĻ āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻ!
ANOTHER FOLLOWER : He's returned to Syracuse!
āĻāύ āĻāĻāύ āĻ āύুāϏ⧰āĻŖāĻাā§°ী: āϤেāĻঁ āĻিā§°াāĻিāĻāĻāϞৈ āĻূā§°ি āĻāĻšিāĻে!
PYTHIAS : Oh, Damon, I'm so sorry! I set off from home well in time. However, there were so many problems that I got delayed, my friend! But here I am now. I would have never forgiven myself if I had not been able to reach in time. Let me take my place.
āĻĒিāĻĨিāϝ়āĻ : āĻ ’ āĻĄেāĻŽāύ, āĻŽোā§° āĻŦā§° āĻĻুāĻ āϞাāĻিāĻে! āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻাāϞāĻĻā§°ে āĻā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া ā§°াāĻāύা āĻš’āϞোঁ। āĻ ā§ąāĻļ্āϝে āĻāĻŽাāύāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āĻāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻĻেā§°ি āĻšৈ āĻ’āϞ āĻŦāύ্āϧু! āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻŽāĻ āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻো। āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻāĻĒāύীāϤ āĻš’āĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°িāϞে āĻŽāĻ āύিāĻāĻে āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻ্āώāĻŽা āύāĻā§°িāϞোāĻšেঁāϤেāύ। āĻŽāĻ āĻŽোā§° āĻ াāĻ āϞāĻঁ।
DAMON (embracing him) : I knew you'd come back if you had life in my friend. I told Dionysus so.
āĻĄেāĻŽāύ (āϤাāĻ āϏাā§ąāĻি āϧ⧰ি) : āĻŽāĻ āĻাāύিāĻিāϞোঁ āϝে āĻŽোā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻীā§ąāύ āĻĨাāĻিāϞে āϤুāĻŽি āĻূā§°ি āĻāĻšিāĻŦা। āĻŽāĻ āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻāĻ āϤেāύেāĻৈāϝ়ে āĻ’āϞোঁ।
CHIEF JAILER (to Dionysus): Shall Pythias be slain instead of Damon?
āĻŽুāĻ্āϝ āĻেāϞাā§° (āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻāϞৈ): āĻĄেāĻŽāύ⧰ āϏāϞāύি āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিāϝ়াāĻāĻ āĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻā§°া āĻš’āĻŦāύে?
DIONYSUS
(looking shaken and moved) : Though I have great treasures and a mighty army, these two men have something more, valuable friendship. They have taught me a great lesson. Set both of them free. (The crowd cheer)
āĻĄাāĻāĻ ’āύিāĻাāĻ
(āϝোā§° āĻাāĻ āϞ⧰āĻā§° āĻā§°া āϝেāύ āϞাāĻিāĻে) : āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻŽোā§° āĻšাāϤāϤ āĻŽāĻšাāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ āĻā§°ু āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āϏৈāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻšিāύী āĻāĻে, āĻāĻ āĻĻুāĻāύ⧰ āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻিāĻŦা āĻāĻা āĻāĻে, āĻŽূāϞ্āĻ¯ā§ąাāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϤ্āĻŦ। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻŽোāĻ āĻāĻা āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻļিāĻ্āώা āĻĻিāĻে। āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻে āĻŽুāĻ্āϤ āĻā§°āĻ। (āĻিā§°ā§° āĻāϞ্āϞাāϏ)
Word note:
Realize : become aware
āĻāĻĒāϞāĻŦ্āϧি āĻā§°āĻ : āϏāĻেāϤāύ āĻšāĻāĻ
Precious : invaluable
āĻŽূāϞ্āĻ¯ā§ąাāύ : āĻ āĻŽূāϞ্āϝ
Knave : dishonest man
āĻāύাāĻে : āĻ āϏ⧠āĻŽাāύুāĻš
Scoundrel : wicked person
āĻŦāĻĻāĻŽাāĻļ : āĻĻুāώ্āĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি
Insolent : Person who has no regard for others.
āĻāĻĻ্āϧāϤ : āĻāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻোāύো āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ āύāĻĨāĻা āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি।
Harsh : rough
āĻāĻ োā§° : āĻāĻšāĻা
Loyal : Faithful person
āύিāώ্āĻ াā§ąাāύ : āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏী āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি
Slain : to get killed
āύিāĻšāϤ : āĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻā§°া
Prison : where prisoners are kept, gaol.
āĻাā§°াāĻাā§° : āϝ'āϤ āĻŦāύ্āĻĻীāϏāĻāϞāĻ ā§°āĻা āĻšāϝ়, āĻাāĻāϞ।
Obstacle : Something that blocks one's progress
āĻŦাāϧা : āĻāύে āĻিāĻŦা āϝি āĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻāϤি āĻ ā§ąā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻā§°ে
A Tick the most appropriate answers -
āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āĻো āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąাঃ
1. 'If Damon did not go to visit Pythias then Pythias came to see Damon'.
(āϝāĻĻি āĻĻাāĻŽāύ āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻā§° āĻāĻā§°āϞৈ āύাāϝাā§, āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻ āĻĻাāĻŽāύ⧰ āĻāĻā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻšে)
This sentence from the text shows that.
(āĻāĻ্āϤ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ⧰ āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻšāϞ āϝে)
a) Damon and Pythias lived in two different places......
(āĻĻাāĻŽāύ āĻā§°ু āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻ āĻĻুāĻāύ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻ াāĻā§° āĻŦাāϏিāύ্āĻĻা)
b) Damon and Pythias were very good friends.....
(āĻĻাāĻŽāύ āĻā§°ু āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻাāϞ āĻŦāύ্āϧু)
c) Damon and Pythias were great friends and hardly lived apart.......
(āĻĻাāĻŽāύ āĻā§°ু āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻাāϞ āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻā§°ু āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύāĻ āĻā§°ি āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে)
d) Damon and Pythias did not like the places where they lived ..........
(āĻĻাāĻŽāύ āĻā§°ু āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻে āύিāĻā§° āĻĨāĻা āĻ াāĻāĻāύ āĻাāϞ āύাāĻĒাā§)
Ans: Damon and Pythias were great friends and hardly lived apart.
2. Pythias thought Dionysus was foolish because he
(āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻে āĻĄাāĻāύ'āĻাāĻāĻ āĻিā§ āĻŽূā§°্āĻ āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ ?)
a) did care who was punished ....
( āĻাāĻ āĻļাāϏ্āϤি āĻĻিā§া āĻšৈāĻে āϤাāϞৈ āĻ্ā§°ূāĻ্āώেāĻĒ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
b) ruled through fear.....
(āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏ⧰ āĻā§°িā§āϤে āĻļাāϏāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
c) was cruel ...
(āĻāĻ োā§° āĻŽāύ⧰ āĻāĻিāϞ)
d) did not punish anyone .....
(āĻাāĻো āĻļাāϏ্āϤি āĻĻিā§া āύাāĻিāϞ)
Ans: ruled through fear.
3. Dionysus put Pythias in prison because,
(āĻĄাāĻāύ'āĻাāĻে āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻāĻ āĻিā§ āĻাā§°াāĻাā§° āĻŦিāĻšিāĻিāϞ ?)
a) he did not like Pythias.
(āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻāĻ āĻাāϞ āĻĒোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ)
b) he was angry when Pythias said in public that Dionysus was a wicked ruler ...
(āϝেāϤিā§া āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻে āϏāĻāϞোā§°ে āĻāĻāϤ āĻĄাāĻāύ'āĻাāĻāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻ āĻĻ্āĻুāϤ āĻļাāϏāĻ āĻŦুāϞি āĻৈāĻিāϞ āϤেāϤিā§া āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻং āĻāĻ িāĻিāϞ)
c) Pythias was a stranger in Syracuse
(āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻ āĻিā§°াāĻিāĻāĻā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻ āĻিāύাāĻি āϞোāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ)
d) Pythias had pelted stones at him.
(āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻে āϤেāĻঁāϞৈ āĻļিāϞ āĻĻāϞিā§াā§āĻিāϞ)
Ans: he was angry when Pythias said in public that Dionysus was a wicked ruler.
4. Dionysus allowed Damon to take Pythias 's place because he
(āĻĄাāĻāύ'āĻাāĻে āĻĻাāĻŽāύāĻ āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻā§° āĻ াāĻ āϞ’āĻŦāϞৈ āĻ āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ)
a) did not care who was punished ......
(āĻাāĻ āĻļাāϏ্āϤি āĻĻিā§া āĻšৈāĻে āϤাāϞৈ āĻোāύো āĻ্ā§°ূāĻ্āώেāĻĒ āύাāĻিāϞ).
(b) felt Pythias deserved to die.........
(āϤেāĻঁ āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āϝোāĻ্āϝ)
c) was angry with Pythias .....
(āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻং āĻāĻ িāĻিāϞ)
d) was more upset with Damon ......
(āĻĻাāĻŽāύ⧰ āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦেāĻি āĻ āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āĻ āĻাāĻিāϞ)
Ans: felt Pythias deserved to die.
5. Dionysus did not expect Pythias to return because he
(āĻĄাāĻāύ'āĻাāĻে āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻ āĻāĻāϤি āĻāĻšিāĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āĻāĻŦা āύাāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ)
a) had to go far away.
(āĻŦāĻšুāĻĻূā§° āĻŦাāϤ āϝাāĻ āϞāĻা āĻাāĻিāϞ)
b) didn't think Damon was a true friend.
(āĻĻাāĻŽāύāĻ āϏāĻাঁ āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāϤ āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻŦুāϞি āĻāĻŦা āύাāĻিāϞ)
c) couldn't imagine anyone coming back to die.
(āĻোāύোāĻŦা āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻāϤি āĻāĻšিāĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ)
d) was sure that Pythias was cunning.
(āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻ āϧূā§°্āϤ āϞোāĻ āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ)
Ans: Was sure that Pythias was cunning.
6. Before he died. Pythias wanted to return to his country to
(āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āĻāĻেā§ে āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻ āύিāĻā§° āĻĻেāĻļāϞৈ āĻāĻāϤি āϝাāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ)
a) visit his old mother and younger sister and say goodbye to them .......
(āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŽাāϤৃ āĻā§°ু āĻāύীā§েāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦিāĻĻাā§ āϞāĻŦāϞৈ)
b) make arrangements for his onwards journey. . ..
(āĻāĻšিāĻŦāϞāĻীā§া āϝাāϤ্ā§°াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϝা āϝোāĻাā§° āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ)
c) make arrangements for a lawyer who could fight his case.........
(āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻোāĻā§° āϤ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি)
d) none of the above.
(āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āĻāĻাāĻ āύāĻšā§)
Ans: Visit his old mother and younger sister and say goodbye to them.
B. Write the answer.
(āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিā§া)
1. Who were Damon and Pythias ? What is the main theme of this story ?
(āĻĻাāĻŽāύ āĻā§°ু āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻ āĻোāύ āĻāĻিāϞ ? āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻোā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϧাāύ āĻŦিāώ⧠āĻি ?)
Ans: Damon and Pythias were two great friends. The main theme of the story is true friendship.
(āĻĻাāĻŽāύ āĻā§°ু āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻ āĻĻুāĻāύ āĻ āϤি āĻাāϞ āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻāĻিāϞ।āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻোā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϧাāύ āĻŦিāώ⧠āĻš'āϞ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤ āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϤ্āĻŦ ৷)
2. What problems did Pythias face on his journey back to Syracuse?
(āĻিā§°াāĻিāĻāĻāϞৈ āĻāĻāϤি āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻĒāĻĨāϤ āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻ āĻি āĻি āĻŦাāϧাā§° āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻীāύ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ ?)
Ans: Pythias faced many obstacles on his journey back to Syracuse. He ran into storms and wild animals and also into thieves.
(āĻিā§°াāĻিāĻāĻāϞৈ āĻāĻāϤি āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻĒāĻĨāϤ āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻ āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻŦাāϧাā§° āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻীāύ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ ৷ āϤেāĻঁ āϧুāĻŽুāĻšা āĻŦāϤাāĻš āĻā§°ু āĻŦāύ⧰ীā§া āĻীā§ą āĻāύ্āϤুā§° āϞāĻāϤে āĻোā§°ā§° āϞāĻāϤো āĻŽুāĻাāĻŽুāĻি āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
3. When did Damon get ready to be executed ?
(āĻĻাāĻŽāύে āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āϞāĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāϤিā§া āϏাāĻু āĻšৈāĻিāϞ ?)
Ans: Damon got ready to be executed in Pythias's place if he does not return on the day of his execution.
(āĻĻাāĻŽāύে āϝāĻĻিāĻšে āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻ āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āϏāĻŽā§āϤ āĻāĻšি āύাāĻĒাā§ , āϤেāϤিā§া āϤেāĻঁā§° āϏāϞāύি āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āϞāĻŦāϞৈ āϏাāĻু āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
7. a) "Tell me that you have dared to say against my name."
( āĻŽোā§° āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻি āĻāĻĨা āĻোā§ąাā§° āϏাāĻšāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞা ?)
(i) Whom do 'me' and ' you' refer to ?
(āĻā§াāϤ āĻŽোā§° āĻā§°ু āϤুāĻŽি āĻোāύ ?)
(ii) What was said against the speaker's name ?
(āĻŦāĻ্āϤাā§° āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻি āĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ ?)
(iii) What was the consequence of daring to speak against the speaker ?
(āĻŦāĻ্āϤাā§° āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻোā§ąাā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻŖāϤি āĻি āĻš'āϞ)
Ans: (i) Here 'me' refers to king Dionysus and 'you' refers to Pythias.
(āĻā§াāϤ āĻŽোā§° āĻŽাāύে āĻĄাāĻāύ'āĻাāĻ āĻā§°ু āϤুāĻŽি āĻŽাāύে āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻ)
(ii)It was said that the speaker, who is King Dionysus is a wicked ruler. Though he is powerful, he is cruel and foolish.
(āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āĻĄাāĻāύ'āĻাāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻ āĻĻ্āĻুāϤ āĻļাāϏāĻ৷ āϤেāĻঁ āĻļāĻ্āϤিā§ąাāύ āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻŽূā§°্āĻ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻ োā§° āĻŽāύ⧰)
(iii)The consequence of daring to speak against the speaker was his execution.
(āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻোā§ąাā§° āĻĢāϞāϏ্ā§ąā§°ূāĻĒে āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻĻিā§া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
8. "I begged them to take every thing but let me be free."
(āĻŽāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āĻŽোā§° āϏāĻāϞোāĻŦোā§° āϞৈ āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŽোāĻ āĻŽুāĻ্āϤ āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāĻŦā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻাāĻূāϤি āĻŽিāύāϤি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞোঁ)
(i) Whom do 'I' and 'them' refer to ?
(āĻā§াāϤ āĻŽāĻ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āĻোāύ ?)
(ii) Why did the speaker beg 'them' to be freed ?
(āĻŦāĻ্āϤাāĻ āĻিā§ āĻŽুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻাāĻূāϤিāĻŽিāύāϤি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ ?)
(iii) Was the speaker set free ? What would have happened if he wasn't set free ?
(āĻŦāĻ্āϤাāĻ āĻŽুāĻ্āϤি āĻĻিā§া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āύে ? āϤেāĻঁ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤে āĻŽুুāĻ্āϤি āύোāĻĒোā§ąা āĻšāϞে āĻি āĻš'āϞ āĻšেāϤেāύ ?)
Ans: (i) The 'I' refers to Pythias and 'them' refers to the thieves.
(āĻā§াāϤ āĻŽāĻ āĻš'āϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āĻš'āϞ āĻোā§° āĻেāĻāĻāύ)
(ii) The speaker begged them to be freed because he had to reach Syracuse on time.
(āĻŦāĻ্āϤাāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āĻŽুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻাāĻূāϤিāĻŽিāύāϤি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϤেāĻঁ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻŽāϤে āĻিā§°াāĻিāĻāĻ āĻĒাāĻŦāĻৈ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ)
(iii) The speaker was not set free. If he wasn't set free Damon would think that he has deserted him and would be executed in his place.
(āĻŦāĻ্āϤাāĻ āĻŽুāĻ্āϤি āĻĻিā§া āĻšোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ৷ āϤেāĻঁ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻŽāϤে āĻিā§°াāĻিāĻāĻ āĻৈ āύোāĻĒোā§ąা āĻšāϞে āĻĻাāĻŽāύে āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻĒā§°িāϤ্āϝাāĻ āĻā§°িāϞে āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻŦিāϞ āĻšেāϤেāύ āĻā§°ু āĻĻাāĻŽāύāĻ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻĻিā§া āĻš'āϞ āĻšেāϤেāύ)
Tasks:
1. Damon agreed to be in prison in place of Pythias. What does this tell you about Damon ?
(āĻĻাāĻŽāύে āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻā§° āĻ াāĻāϤ āĻাā§°াāĻাā§°āϤ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŽাāύ্āϤি āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āĻ āϤোāĻŽাāĻ āĻĻাāĻŽāύ⧰ āĻŦিāώā§ে āĻি āĻā§ ?)
Ans: Damon agreed to be in prison in place of Pythias. Through this behavior we can understand that Damon was a very sympathetic and honest person who knows the value of true friendship.
(āĻĻাāĻŽāύে āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻā§° āĻ াāĻāϤ āĻাā§°াāĻাā§°āϤ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŽাāύ্āϤি āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°ā§° āĻā§°িā§āϤে āĻāĻŽি āĻŦুāĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ো āϝে, āĻĻাāĻŽāύ āĻāĻāύ āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āϏāĻšাāύুāĻূāϤিāĻļীāϞ āĻā§°ু āϏ⧠āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āϝিā§ে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤ āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϤ্āĻŦā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻŦুāĻি āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ)
2. How did Pythias and Damon prove that they were true friends indeed ?
(āĻĻাāĻŽāύ āĻā§°ু āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻে āύিāĻā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤ āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϤ্āĻŦ āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Damon helped Pythias to go home and meet his sister and old mother. He even agreed to take the place of Pythias and to be executed in his place. Similarly Pythias did not break the trust of Damon. In spite of facing many obstacles, he came to save Damon from the execution. Thus, they proved that they were true friends indeed.
(āĻĻাāĻŽāύে āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽাāϤৃ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻ্āύীāĻ āϞāĻ āĻĒোā§ąাāϤ āϏāĻšাā§ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ৷āĻĻাāĻŽāύে āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻā§° āĻ াāĻāϤ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āϞāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŽাāύ্āϤি āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āĻ িāĻ āϏেāĻāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒাāĻāĻĨিā§াāĻেāĻ āĻĻাāĻŽāύ⧰ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻংāĻ āĻā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ। āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻŦাāϧা āĻŦিāĻিāύি āĻĒাā§° āĻšৈā§ো āϤেāĻঁ āĻĻাāĻŽāύ⧰ āĻāĻā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻšিāĻিāϞ। āĻāύেāĻĻā§°েāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āύিāĻā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤ āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϤ্āĻŦ āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
3. What do you think was the lesson that the cruel ruler Dionysus learn in the end ?
(āϤুāĻŽি āĻāĻ োā§° āĻļাāϏāĻ āĻĄাāĻāύ'āĻাāĻে āĻļেāώāϤ āĻি āĻļিāĻ্āώা āĻĒাāϞে āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻŦা?)
Ans: In the end Dionysus said that though he had great treasure and mighty army, he did not have something more valuable, that is a true friend. He learned the lesson of faithfulness and true friendship.
(āĻļেāώāϤ āĻĄাāĻāύ'āĻাāĻে āĻৈāĻিāϞ āϝে āϝāĻĻিāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āϏা-āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϤ্āϤি āĻā§°ু āϏৈāύ্āϝāĻŦāϞ āĻāĻে,āϤেāĻঁā§° āϤাāϤোāĻৈ āĻŽূāϞ্āĻ¯ā§ąাāύ āĻāĻŦিāϧ āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āύাāĻ āĻā§°ু āϏেā§া āĻš'āϞ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤ āĻŦāύ্āϧু৷ āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°ু āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤ āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϤ্āĻŦā§° āĻļিāĻ্āώা āĻĒাāϞে)
9. Circle the correct meanings of the following phrases.
(āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āϤ āĻিāύ āĻĻিā§া)
1. dared to say (āĻোā§ąাā§° āϏাāĻšāϏ āĻā§°া)
a. cowardly (āĻাāĻĒুā§°ুāώ)
b. disrespectful (āĻ āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ)
c. meek (āϞাāĻুāĻীā§া)
Ans: disrespectful
2. insolent (āĻāĻŦā§°āĻŖāĻšীāύ).
a. lies (āĻŽিāĻা)
b. rude (āĻāĻ োā§°)
c. true (āϏāĻাঁ)
Ans: True.
3. against the law (āĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে)
a. lawful (āĻāĻāύāϝুāĻ্āϤ)
b. unlawful (āĻāĻāύāĻŽুāĻ্āϤ)
c. stupid (āĻŽূā§°্āĻ)
Ans: Unlawful
4. spare his life (āĻীā§ąāύ ā§°েāĻšাāĻ āĻĻিā§া)
a. look after (āĻোā§ąাāĻিāϤা āĻā§°া)
b. release (āĻŽুāĻ্āϤি āĻĻিā§া)
c. do without (āĻāĻো āύāĻā§°াāĻৈ)
Ans: Release
5. beyond belief (āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ⧰ āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϤ)
a. very true (āϏāϤ্āϝ)
b. a big lie (āĻĒ্ā§°āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻŽিāĻা)
c. hard to believe (āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°া āĻāĻ িāύ)
6. to go the same way (āĻāĻেāĻ āĻĒāĻĨāϞৈ āϝোā§ąা)
a. suffer the same fate (āĻāĻেāĻ āĻāĻĒাāϞ āĻোāĻা)
b. travel together (āĻāĻেāϞāĻে āϝাāϤ্ā§°া āĻā§°া)
c. take the same route. (āĻāĻেāĻ āĻĒāĻĨ āϞোā§ąা)
Ans: suffer the same fate
7. make it on time (āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤে)
a. reach somewhere on time (āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤে āĻৈ āĻĒোā§ąা)
b. start something on time (āϏāĻŽā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°া)
c. take some time (āĻ āϞāĻĒ āϏāĻŽā§ āϞোā§ąা)
Ans: Reach somewhere on time.
8. well it on time (āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āϏāĻŽā§āϤ)
a. be on the dot (āύিā§°্āϧাā§°িāϤ āϏāĻŽā§āϤ)
b. early enough for something (āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āϏোāύāĻাāϞ)
c. get well on time (āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤে āĻাāϞ āĻĒোā§ąা)
Ans: Be on the dot.
Word meaning:
Extremely- āĻ āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ।
Cruel- āύিāώ্āĻ ুā§°।
Tyrant- āĻ āϤ্āϝাāĻাā§°ী।
Rule-āύিā§āĻŽ।
Apart- āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ।
Wicked- āĻĻুāώ্āĻ।
Ruler- āĻļাāϏāĻ।
Prison- āĻাā§°াāĻাā§°।
Condemn- āύিāύ্āĻĻা āĻā§°া।
Foolish- āĻŽুā§°্āĻāϤা।
Fierce- āĻā§ংāĻā§°।
Enough- āĻĒā§°্āϝাāĻĒ্āϤ।
Insolent- āĻ āĻšংāĻাā§°ী।
Spare- āĻ āϤিā§°িāĻ্āϤ।
Stranger- āĻ āĻিāύাāĻি।
Criticize- āϏāĻŽাāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°া।
Twice- āĻĻুāĻŦাā§°।
Harsh- āĻāĻ োā§°।
Law- āĻāĻāύ।
Favour- āĻĒāĻ্āώāĻĒাāϤ।
Alone- āĻ āĻāϞāĻļā§°ীā§া।
Arrangement- āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨা।
Expect- āĻāĻļা āĻā§°া।
Honest- āϏāϤ্।
Execution- āĻাā§°্āϝাāύ্āĻŦিāϤ āĻā§°া।
Deserve- āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĒ্āϝ।
Better- āĻāϤ্āϤāĻŽ।
Penalty- āĻļাāϏ্āϤি।
Shake- āĻঁāĻĒা।
Speedy- āĻĻ্ā§°ুāϤāĻāϤিāϤ।
Trip- āϝাāϤ্ā§°া।
Ropes- ā§°āĻী।
Loyal- āĻ āύুāĻāϤ।
Gladly- āĻāύāύ্āĻĻā§°ে।
Cheated- āĻĒ্ā§°āϤাā§°িāϤ।
Curtain- āĻĒā§°্āĻĻ্āĻĻা।
Covered- āĻā§ąā§°āĻŖ।
Dust- āϧূāϞি।
Obstacles- āĻŦাāϧা।
Deserted- āύিā§°্āĻāύ।
Knots- āĻাঁāĻ ি।
Terrible- āĻā§াāύāĻ।
Command- āĻāĻĻেāĻļ।
Prisoner- āĻŦāύ্āĻĻী।
Indeed- āϏঁāĻাāĻৈā§ে।
Delay- āĻĒāϞāĻŽ āĻā§°া।
Embracing- āĻāϞিংāĻāύ āĻā§°া।
Treasure- āĻুāĻĒ্āϤāϧāύ।
Mighty- āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী।
Valuable- āĻŽূāϞ্āĻ¯ā§ąাāύ।
Crowd- āĻিā§°।
Cheer- āĻāϞ্āϞাāϏ।
Word meaning by- Punya Hazarika.
Himadri Borah
Type & Check: Himashree Bora. (Date: 10-06-2022)