LESSON 11

 THE GOLDEN APPLES

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1. What is a legend?

āĻ•িংāĻŦāĻĻāύ্āϤি āĻ•ি?

Answer: A legend is a story coming down from the past. It is handed down from early times by tradition and is popularly regarded as true although its truth can’t be verified.

āĻ…āϤীāϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āύাāĻŽি āĻ…āĻšা āĻ•াāĻšিāύী āĻš’āϞ āĻ•িংāĻŦāĻĻāύ্āϤি। āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°াā§°āĻŽ্āĻ­িāĻ• āĻ•াāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°াāχ āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻĒ্ā§°āϚāϞিāϤ āφ⧰ু āχāϝ়াā§° āϏāϤ্āϝāϤা āĻĒā§°ীāĻ•্āώা āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ি āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āχāϝ়াāĻ• āϜāύāĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ়āĻ­াā§ąে āϏāϤ্āϝ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ—āĻŖ্āϝ āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ়।


2. Who was Bragi? What was he called and why?

āĻŦ্ā§°াāĻ—ী āĻ•োāύ āφāĻ›িāϞ? āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ•ি āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•োā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻ•িāϝ়?

Answer:- Bragi was the son of Odin , the king of all gods. He was called the god of song and poetry because he sang so sweetly.

āĻŦ্ā§°āĻ—ী āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻĻেā§ąāϤাā§° ā§°āϜা āĻ“āĻĄিāύ⧰ āĻĒুāϤ্ā§° āφāĻ›িāϞ। āχāĻŽাāύ āĻŽāϧুā§°āĻ•ৈ āĻ—াāύ āĻ—োā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦেāχ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ—ীāϤ-āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাā§° āĻĻেā§ąāϤা āĻŦুāϞি āĻ…āĻ­িāĻšিāϤ āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।


3. Who was Idun? Where did she live?

āχāĻĻুāύ āĻ•োāύ āφāĻ›িāϞ? āϤাāχ āĻ•’āϤ āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ?

Answer:- Idun was the daughter of a dwarf. She lived in dark caves beneath the earth.

āχāĻĻুāύ āĻāϜāύ āĻŦাāĻŽāύ⧰ āĻ•āύ্āϝা āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āϤāϞ⧰ āĻ…āύ্āϧāĻ•াā§° āĻ—ুāĻšাāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।


4. How was Idun different from her father and brothers?

āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻ­াāϝ়েāĻ•āĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āχāĻĻুāύ āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ• āφāĻ›িāϞ?

Answer:- Idun was completely different from her father and brothers. Her father and brothers were bent and ugly. They could never came to the earth by day, for a ray of sunlight would have turned them to stone. But on the other hand Idun was beautiful, gentle and kindhearted. She could walk in the daylight.

āχāĻĻুāύ āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻ­াāϝ়েāĻ•āĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ• āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ⧰ āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻ­াāϝ়েāĻ•āĻšঁāϤāĻŦোā§° āĻ•ুā§ŽāϏিāϤ āφ⧰ু āĻ•ুā§ŽāϏিāϤ āφāĻ›িāϞ। āĻĻিāύāϤ āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϞৈ āφāĻšিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°িāϞেāĻšেঁāϤেāύ, āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āϏূā§°্āϝ্āϝ⧰ āĻĒোāĻšā§°ā§° ā§°āĻļ্āĻŽি āĻāϟাāχ āϏিāĻšঁāϤāĻ• āĻļিāϞāϞৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻŖāϤ āϕ⧰িāϞেāĻšেঁāϤেāύ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āφāύāĻĢাāϞে āχāĻĻুāύ āφāĻ›িāϞ āϧুāύীāϝ়া, āĻ•োāĻŽāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻĻāϝ়াāϞু। āĻĻিāύ⧰ āĻĒোāĻšā§°āϤ āϤাāχ āĻ–োāϜ āĻ•াāĻĸ়িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻ›িāϞ।


5. How were Bragi and Idun married?

āĻŦ্ā§°াāĻ—ী āφ⧰ু āχāĻĻুāύ⧰ āĻŦিāϝ়া āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ?

Answer:- When Bragi saw Idun, he fell in love with her at once, took her with him to Asgard and there they were married.

āχāĻĻুāύāĻ• āĻĻেāĻ–ি āĻŦ্ā§°াāĻ—ীāϝ়ে āϞāĻ—ে āϞāĻ—ে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°েāĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§°িāϞ, āϤাāχāĻ• āϞāĻ—āϤ āϞৈ āφāĻ›āĻ—াā§°্āĻĄāϞৈ āϞৈ āĻ—’āϞ āφ⧰ু āϤাāϤেāχ āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻŦিāϝ়া āĻš’āϞ।


6.What was special about the golden apples?

āϏোāĻŖā§° āφāĻĒেāϞāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϤ্āĻŦ āĻ•ি āφāĻ›িāϞ?

Answer:- The special about the golden apples was that it kept gods and goddesses everlastingly young and immortal. Without the golden apples they would have grown old and died.

āϏোāĻŖā§° āφāĻĒেāϞ⧰ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻ•āĻĨাāϟো āφāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āχ āĻĻেā§ą-āĻĻেā§ąীāĻ• āϚিā§°āĻ•াāϞ āϝৌā§ąāύ āφ⧰ু āĻ…āĻŽā§° āϕ⧰ি ā§°াāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ। āϏোāĻŖā§° āφāĻĒেāϞāĻŦোā§° āύāĻš’āϞে āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻŦুāĻĸ়া āĻšৈ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāĻŦā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰িāϞেāĻšেঁāϤেāύ।


7. What happened when loki hit the eagle with a stick?

āϞোāĻ•িāϝ়ে āψāĻ—āϞāϟোāĻ• āϞাāĻ িā§°ে āĻ–ুāύ্āĻĻা āĻŽাā§°িāϞে āĻ•ি āĻš’āϞ?

Answer:- When loki hit the eagle with a stick then he found that he could not lift the stick from the eagle’s body, nor could he let go to the end he was holding.

āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϞোāĻ•িāϝ়ে āψāĻ—āϞāϟোāĻ• āϞাāĻ িā§°ে āĻ–ুāύ্āĻĻা āĻŽাā§°িāϞে āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĻেāĻ–িāϞে āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āψāĻ—āϞ⧰ āĻļā§°ীā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āϞাāĻ িāĻĄাāϞ āϤুāϞিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে, āύāϤুāĻŦা āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϧ⧰ি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻļেāώāϞৈāĻ•ে āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে।


8. Where did loki take Idun and why?

āϞোāĻ•িāϝ়ে āχāĻĻুāύāĻ• āĻ•’āϞৈ āϞৈ āĻ—’āϞ āφ⧰ু āĻ•িāϝ়?

Answer:- Loki took Idun to a dark forest because he promised to thiazi, the storm gaint that if he freed from him then he would hand over Idun and the golden apples to him.

āϞোāĻ•িāϝ়ে āχāĻĻুāύāĻ• āĻāϟা āĻ…āύ্āϧāĻ•াā§° āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϞৈ āϞৈ āĻ—’āϞ āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĨিāϝ়াāϜীāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻļ্ā§°ুāϤি āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ, āϧুāĻŽুāĻšাā§° āĻ—েāχāĻŖ্āϟ āϝে āϝāĻĻি āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŽুāĻ•্āϤ āĻšāϝ় āϤেāύ্āϤে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āχāĻĻুāύ āφ⧰ু āϏোāĻŖā§° āφāĻĒেāϞāĻŦোā§° āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻšাāϤāϤ āϤুāϞি āĻĻিāĻŦ।


9. What happened when Idun reached the forest?

āχāĻĻুāύ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻšাāĻŦিāϤ āωāĻĒāύীāϤ āĻš’āϞ āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻ•ি āĻš’āϞ?

Answer:- As Loki and Idun walked among the trees, Thiazi, swooped down from the trees and seized Idun and took her to his home jotunheim.

āϞোāĻ•ী āφ⧰ু āχāĻĻুāύে āĻ—āϛ⧰ āĻŽাāϜāϤ āĻ–োāϜ āĻ•াāĻĸ়ি āĻ—ৈ āĻĨাāĻ•োঁāϤে āĻĨিāϝ়াāϜীāϝ়ে āĻ—āĻ›āĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āϤāϞāϞৈ āύাāĻŽি āφāĻšি āχāĻĻুāύāĻ• āϧ⧰ি āύিāϜ⧰ āϘ⧰ āϜোāϟুāύāĻšাāχāĻŽāϞৈ āϞৈ āĻ—’āϞ।

10. How did the gods feel when Idun had gone?

āχāĻĻুāύ āϝোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻĻেā§ąāϤাāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻ•েāύে āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›িāϞ?

Answer:- The gods missed Idun’ and wondered where she had gone. Bragi grew sad without his wife and the gods felt tired and worn out without the golden apples of youth and immorality.

āĻĻেā§ąāϤাāϏāĻ•āϞে āχāĻĻুāύ’āĻ• āĻŽিāĻ› āϕ⧰ি āϤাāχ āĻ•’āϞৈ āĻ—’āϞ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ­াāĻŦিāϞে। āĻŦ্ā§°াāĻ—ী āĻĒāϤ্āύীā§° āĻ…āĻŦিāĻšāύে āĻĻুāĻ–ী āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻĻেā§ąāϤাāϏāĻ•āϞে āϝৌā§ąāύ āφ⧰ু āĻ…āύৈāϤিāĻ•āϤাā§° āϏোāĻŖাāϞী āφāĻĒেāϞāĻŦোā§° āύোāĻšোā§ąাāĻ•ৈāϝ়ে āĻ­াāĻ—ā§°ুā§ąা āφ⧰ু āϜীā§°্āĻŖ āϝেāύ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāϞে।


11. Loki had deceived Idun once. Then why did she trust him again?

āϞোāĻ•িāϝ়ে āĻāĻŦাā§° āχāĻĻুāύāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°āϤাā§°āĻŖা āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāύ্āϤে āϤাāχ āφāĻ•ৌ āĻ•িāϝ় āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāϞে āϤাāĻ•?

Answer:- Loki had deceived Idun once. But she trusted him again because she had no other way of returning to Asgard.

āϞোāĻ•িāϝ়ে āĻāĻŦাā§° āχāĻĻুāύāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°āϤাā§°āĻŖা āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤাāχ āφāĻ•ৌ āϤাāĻ• āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāϞে āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āϤাāχ⧰ āĻšাāϤāϤ āĻāĻ›āĻ—াā§°্āĻĄāϞৈ āωāĻ­āϤি āϝোā§ąাā§° āφāύ āĻ•োāύো āωāĻĒাāϝ় āύাāĻ›িāϞ।


12. What happened when Loki flew back with Idun?

āχāĻĻুāύ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āϞোāĻ•িāϝ়ে āω⧰া āĻŽাā§°িāϞে āĻ•ি āĻš’āϞ?

Answer:- When Loki flew back with Idun, Thiazi saw them and then

changed him into an eagle followed them.

āϞোāĻ•িāϝ়ে āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āχāĻĻুāύ⧰ āϞāĻ—āϤ āω⧰ি āφāĻšিāĻ›িāϞ, āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻĨিāϝ়াāϜীāϝ়ে āϏিāĻšঁāϤāĻ• āĻĻেāĻ–িāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ

āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āψāĻ—āϞāϞৈ āϏāϞāύি āϕ⧰ি āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻĒিāĻ›ে āĻĒিāĻ›ে āĻ—’āϞ।


13. Who were the eagle and the hawk? Which of the two was more

powerful?

āψāĻ—āϞ āφ⧰ু āĻŦাāϜ āĻ•োāύ āφāĻ›িāϞ? āĻĻুāϝ়োā§°ে āĻ•োāύ āĻŦেāĻ›ি āφāĻ›িāϞ āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻļাāϞী?

Answer:- The eagle was Thiazi, the storm giant and the hawk was Loki, the god of fire. The eagle was more powerful.

āψāĻ—āϞ āφāĻ›িāϞ āĻĨিāϝ়াāϜী, āϧুāĻŽুāĻšাā§° āĻĻৈāϤ্āϝ āφ⧰ু āĻŦাāϜ āφāĻ›িāϞ āϞোāĻ•ী, āĻ…āĻ—্āύিā§° āĻĻেā§ąāϤা। āψāĻ—āϞāϟো āĻ…āϧিāĻ• āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āφāĻ›িāϞ।

 


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