Lesson 19
How The Elephant Was Put Into The Pitcher?
āĻšাāϤীāĻো āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻāϞāĻšāϤ āĻā§°াāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻš’āϞ?
One day Maharaja Naranarayana, the king of the Koch kingdom, was spending his time with the scholars assembled in his royal palace, Srimanta Sankaradeva was also present there. After long discussions on this and that point, the king requested the scholars about his interest in the Bhagavatapurana. He wanted the scholars to explain the contents of the holy book to him in a single day. The scholars present looked at one another. They exchanged speechless messages amongst themselves over the queer proposal of the king.
āĻāĻĻিāύ āĻোāĻ ā§°াāĻ্āϝ⧰ ā§°āĻা āĻŽāĻšাā§°াāĻ āύ⧰āύাā§°াāϝ়āĻŖে āύিāĻā§° ā§°াāĻāĻĒ্ā§°āϏাāĻĻāϤ āϏāĻŽāĻŦেāϤ āĻšোā§ąা āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āϞāĻāϤ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻĒাā§° āĻā§°ি āĻāĻিāϞ, āϤাāϤ āĻļ্ā§°ীāĻŽāύ্āϤ āĻļংāĻā§°āĻĻেā§ąো āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻ āĻā§°ু āϏেāĻ āĻŦিāώāϝ়āϤ āĻĻীāĻāϞীāϝ়া āĻāϞোāĻāύাā§° āĻ āύ্āϤāϤ ā§°āĻাāĻ āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤāϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻাāĻā§ąāϤāĻĒুā§°āĻŖā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻĨāĻা āĻāĻ্ā§°āĻšā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ āύুā§°োāϧ āĻā§°িāϞে। āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤāϏāĻāϞে āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ্ā§° āĻĒুāĻĨিāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻāĻা āĻĻিāύāϤে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻŦুāĻাāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ। āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤāϏāĻāϞে āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύ⧰ āĻĢাāϞে āĻাāϞে। ā§°āĻাā§° āĻŦিāĻিāϤ্ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϏ্āϤাā§ąāĻ āϞৈ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āύিāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻŦাāĻā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŦাā§°্āϤাā§° āĻāĻĻাāύ-āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āĻā§°িāϞে।
"How can that be possible?" The scholars vented their surprise to the king.
"āϏেāϝ়া āĻেāύেāĻৈ āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ą āĻš'āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে?" āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤāϏāĻāϞে ā§°āĻাā§° āĻāĻāϤ āύিāĻā§° āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻāĻĨা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻā§°িāϞে।
"Your majesty! We do not know what you really mean. How can one narrate the Bhagavatapurana within a day? It is a great book. For that we require many days, many nights. You are telling us to put an elephant on to a small pitcher." Some of the scholars said.
"āĻŽāĻšিāĻŽাāĻŽāĻšিāĻŽ! āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤāϤে āĻি āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻে āĻāĻŽি āύাāĻাāύো। āĻāĻĻিāύ⧰ āĻিāϤ⧰āϤে āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻাāĻā§ąāϤāĻĒুā§°āĻŖā§° āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি? āĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻŽāĻšাāύ āĻ্ā§°āύ্āĻĨ। āϤাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻĻিāύ, āĻŦāĻšু ā§°াāϤিā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāĻāύ। āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻāĻাāϤ āĻšাāϤী āĻĒিāύ্āϧিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈāĻে।" āϏ⧰ু āĻāϞāĻš।" āĻāĻাংāĻļ āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤে āĻ’āϞে।
But the king appeared to be unmoved. He was silent and keenly observant. After a while he said, "Then will anybody be able to put the elephant into the small pitcher amongst you?"
āĻিāύ্āϤু ā§°āĻা āĻ āĻļাāύ্āϤ āϝেāύ āϞাāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻŽাāϤ āĻā§°ু āϤীāĻ্āώ্āĻŖ āĻĒā§°্āϝāĻŦেāĻ্āώāĻŖāĻাā§°ী āĻāĻিāϞ। āĻ āϞāĻĒ āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϏি āĻ'āϞে, "āϤেāύ্āϤে āϤোāĻŽাāϞোāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻোāύোāĻŦাāĻ āĻšাāϤীāĻো āϏ⧰ু āĻāϞāĻšāĻোāϤ āĻā§°াāĻ āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦāύে?"
"Your majesty ! who can put the elephant into the pitcher?" said one of the"
"āĻŽāĻšাāĻŽāĻšিāĻŽ ! āĻšাāϤীāĻো āĻāϞāĻšāϤ āĻোāύে āĻā§°াāĻ āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে?" āĻāĻāύে āĻ'āϞে"
"If someone can do that we will also be able to narrate the Bhagavatapurana pundits. at least within ten days or nine days." One of the pundits remarked.
"In that case I will do the same within seven days." Another pundit said.
"āϏেāĻ āĻ্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻ āϏাāϤ āĻĻিāύ⧰ āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻেāĻিāύি āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°িāĻŽ।" āĻāύ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤে āĻ’āϞে।
"O king, Bhagavatapurana is a magnificent work. It cannot be narrated within a day or two. If one tries to do that, he will be trying to push an elephant into a small pitcher. It is simply impossible." Another Brahmin pundit said.
"āĻšে ā§°āĻা, āĻাāĻā§ąāϤāĻĒুā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻা āĻŽāĻšā§ ā§°āĻāύা। āĻāĻĻিāύ āĻŦা āĻĻুāĻĻিāύ⧰ āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ি। āϝāĻĻি āĻোāύোāĻŦাāĻ āϤেāύে āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°ে, āϤেāύ্āϤে āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻা āĻšাāϤীāĻ āϏ⧰ু āĻāϞāĻš āĻāĻাāϤ āĻ েāϞি āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°িāĻŦ। āĻ āϏ⧰āϞāĻাā§ąে āĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ą।" āĻāύ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦ্ā§°াāĻš্āĻŽāĻŖ āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤে āĻāϝ়।
The king was listening to the words of the pundits. "Then, how long would you take to explain the holy book to me." The king wanted to know.
ā§°āĻাāĻ āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻāĻĨা āĻļুāύি āĻāĻিāϞ। "āϤেāύ্āϤে, āĻŽোāĻ āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ্ā§° āĻিāϤাāĻĒāĻāύ āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻিāĻŽাāύ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āϞ'āĻŦ।" ā§°āĻাāĻ āĻাāύিāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāϞে।
"May be within ten days." One of the pundits said. "But that will also be possible only after great labour."
"āĻĻāĻš āĻĻিāύ⧰ āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻš'āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে।" āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤে āĻ’āϞে। "āĻিāύ্āϤু āϏেāϝ়াāĻ āĻŦৃāĻšā§ āĻĒā§°িāĻļ্ā§°āĻŽā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤāĻšে āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ą āĻš'āĻŦ।
"Hushed silence prevailed across the place. The king became silent too. He looked askance towards Srimanta Sankaradeva, who was listening to what transpired.
"āϏāĻŽāĻ্ā§° āĻ াāĻāĻāύāϤে āύিāϏ্āϤāĻŦ্āϧ āĻŽৌāύāϤা āĻŦিā§°াāĻ āĻā§°িāϞে। ā§°āĻাāĻ āύিāĻŽাāϤ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻļ্ā§°ীāĻŽāύ্āϤ āĻļংāĻā§°āĻĻেā§ąā§° āĻĢাāϞে āĻুāĻিāϞ āĻĻৃāώ্āĻিā§°ে āĻাāϞে, āϝিāĻāύে āĻি āĻ্ā§°েāύ্āϏāĻĒাāϝ়াā§° āĻš'āϞ āĻļুāύি āĻāĻিāϞ।"
The king finally asked Sankaradeva, "Would be able to do the work within a day? Would you be able to put the elephant within a small pitcher?"
ā§°āĻাāĻ āĻ ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ āĻļংāĻā§°āĻĻেā§ąāĻ āϏুāϧিāϞে, "āĻāĻĻিāύ⧰ āĻিāϤ⧰āϤে āĻাāĻŽāĻো āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦāύে? āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻāĻা āϏ⧰ু āĻāϞāĻšā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻšাāϤীāĻো ā§°াāĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦāύে?"
Sankaradeva thoughtfully said, "O king, it is indeed difficult, but not impossible. By the grace of Lord Krishna the elephant can also be put into a small pitcher."
āĻļংāĻā§°āĻĻেā§ąে āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°ি āĻ'āϞে, "āĻšে ā§°āĻা, āĻ āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে āĻāĻ িāύ, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ą āύāĻšāϝ়। āĻāĻā§ąাāύ āĻļ্ā§°ীāĻৃāώ্āĻŖā§° āĻৃāĻĒাāϤ āĻšাāϤীāĻোāĻ āĻāĻা āϏ⧰ু āĻāϞāĻšāϤো āĻā§°াāĻ āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি।"
Everyone, including the king, fixed their eyes on Sankaradeva. A hurricane of amazement swept the assemblage, and every one felt a violent jerk from within.
ā§°āĻাāĻে āϧ⧰ি āϏāĻāϞোā§ąে āĻļংāĻā§°āĻĻেā§ąā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĻৃāώ্āĻি āύিāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āĻā§°িāϞে। āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽāϝ়ā§° āĻšাā§°িāĻেāύে āϏāĻŽাāĻŦেāĻļāĻোāĻ āĻŦুā§°াāĻ āĻĒেāϞাāϞে āĻā§°ু āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝেāĻেāĻ āĻিāϤ⧰⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻা āĻšিংāϏ্ā§° āĻোāĻাā§°āĻŖি āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāϞে।
"He must be a fool. Or he is going to befool the king." The pundits whispered amongst themselves.
"āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻļ্āĻāϝ় āĻŽূā§°্āĻ। āύāĻš'āϞে ā§°āĻাāĻ āĻŽূā§°্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāϞাāĻāĻে।" āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤāϏāĻāϞে āύিāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤে āĻĢুāĻāĻĢুāĻাāĻ āĻ’āϞে।
Sankaradeva stood up and wanted to leave the palace, saying, "Your majesty! time is running out. Let me leave for the day."
āĻļংāĻā§°āĻĻেā§ąে āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ ā§°াāĻāĻĒ্ā§°āϏাāĻĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāϞাāĻ āϝাāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāϞে, "āĻŽāĻšিāĻŽাāĻŽāĻšিāĻŽ! āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻļেāώ āĻšৈ āĻৈāĻে। āĻŽāĻ āĻĻিāύāĻোā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ।"
Sankaradeva left the palace, and moved to his resting place.
āĻļংāĻā§°āĻĻেā§ą ā§°াāĻāĻĒ্ā§°āϏাāĻĻ āĻā§°ি, āύিāĻā§° āĻŦিāĻļ্ā§°াāĻŽāϏ্āĻĨāϞীāϞৈ āĻুāĻি āĻ’āϞ।
The pundits started looking at each other with joking laughter. However, they tried their best to suppress their laughter before the king. Some of them remarked. "Let us enjoy the fun of putting the elephant into the tiny pitcher. One fool is asking for it, the other fool is fooling the other fool. Now it is our time to see and enjoy." One of the pundits said, "O king, if Sankara can push the elephant into the tiny pitcher, we too will not lag behind. However, let us wait and see."
āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤāϏāĻāϞে āϧেāĻŽাāϞি āĻšাঁāĻšিā§°ে āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύ⧰ āĻĢাāϞে āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāϞে। āĻ ā§ąāĻļ্āϝে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে ā§°āĻাā§° āĻāĻāϤ āĻšাঁāĻšি-āϧেāĻŽাāϞি āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϝā§āĻĒā§°োāύাāϏ্āϤি āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύে āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ āĻā§°ে। "āĻāĻšāĻ āĻāĻŽি āϏ⧰ু āĻāϞāĻšāĻোāϤ āĻšাāϤীāĻো āĻĨোā§ąাā§° āĻŽāĻাāĻো āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°ো। āĻāĻāύ āĻŽূā§°্āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻে, āĻāύāĻো āĻŽূā§°্āĻে āĻāύāĻো āĻŽূā§°্āĻāĻ āĻŦোāĻা āĻĒাāϤিāĻŦ। āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻŽাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻšৈāĻে āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°াā§°।" āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤে āĻ'āϞে, "āĻšে ā§°āĻা, āϝāĻĻি āĻļংāĻā§°ে āĻšাāϤীāĻোāĻ āϏ⧰ু āĻāϞāĻšāĻোāϤ āĻ েāϞি āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āϤেāύ্āϤে āĻāĻŽিāĻ āĻĒিāĻ āĻĒā§°ি āύাāĻĨাāĻিāĻŽ। āĻ ā§ąāĻļ্āϝে ā§°ৈ āĻাāĻঁ āĻāĻšāĻ।"
"O yes, you can have enough opportunity to see what takes place." The king made a curt remark.
"āĻ ' āĻšāϝ়, āĻি āĻšāϝ় āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āϏুāϝোāĻ āĻĒাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি।" ā§°āĻাāĻ āĻāĻা āĻুāĻিāϞ āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ āĻā§°িāϞে।
Meanwhile, Sankaradeva, immediately coming back home, sat in a trance, and started working for the work with his heart and soul fully fixed on to Lord Krishna. From within his mind and soul he got the design of his work of compressing the Bhagavatapurana, into a tiny version, hidable within his palm. For the composition of the work he remained awake throughout the night, and by the turn of the dawn he completed the work, and heaved a sigh of relief, as if he had won a battle royal. The night off keeping his eyes wide open. He looked at the sky to say something. He got a reply from the blues of the sky. After some pensive moments he named his composition- Gunamala- the name of the elephant pushed inside the pitcher.
āĻāĻĢাāϞে āĻļংāĻā§°āĻĻেā§ąে āϞāĻে āϞāĻে āĻā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻāϤি āĻāĻšি āϏāĻŽাāϧিāϤ āĻŦāĻšি, āĻāĻā§ąাāύ āĻļ্ā§°ীāĻৃāώ্āĻŖā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ় āĻā§°ু āĻāϤ্āĻŽা āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖā§°ূāĻĒে āύিāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āĻšৈ āĻাāĻŽā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāϞে। āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽāύ āĻā§°ু āĻāϤ্āĻŽাā§° āĻিāϤ⧰⧰ āĻĒā§°া āϤেāĻঁ āĻাāĻā§ąāϤāĻĒুā§°āĻŖāĻ āϏংāĻোāĻāύ āĻā§°াā§° āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻাāĻŽā§° āĻĄিāĻাāĻāύāĻো āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ, āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻšাāϤ⧰ āϤāϞুā§ąাā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āϞুāĻাāĻ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻা āĻ্āώুāĻĻ্ā§° āϏংāϏ্āĻā§°āĻŖāϞৈ। ā§°āĻāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻঁ āĻোāĻেāĻ ā§°াāϤিāĻো āϏāĻাāĻ āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻিāϞ, āĻā§°ু āĻোā§° āĻšোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϞৈāĻে āϤেāĻঁ āĻাāĻŽāĻো āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°িāϞে, āĻā§°ু āϏāĻাāĻšā§° āĻšুāĻŽুāύিāϝ়াāĻš āĻāĻা āĻাāĻĸ়িāϞে, āϝেāύ āϤেāĻঁ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ ā§°āĻাāĻā§°āϤ āĻāϝ়ী āĻšৈāĻে। āĻāĻু āĻĻুāĻা āĻŽেāϞি ā§°াāĻি āĻুāĻীāĻো ā§°াāϤিāĻো। āĻিāĻŦা āĻāĻা āĻ’āĻŦāϞৈ āϏি āĻāĻাāĻļāϞৈ āĻাāϞে। āĻāĻাāĻļā§° āύীāϞা ā§°āĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻা āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒাāϞে। āĻিāĻু āĻিāύ্āϤাāĻļীāϞ āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤ⧰ āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° ā§°āĻāύাā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻĻিāϞে- āĻুāĻŖাāĻŽাāϞা- āĻāϞāĻšā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻ েāϞি āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšাāϤীāĻোā§° āύাāĻŽ।
After getting himself freshened in the morning after a sleepless night, he tucked his composition within a tiny earthen pitcher, and drew a figure of an elephant over the same. He then left for his prayer, and got himself lost therein. He established a silent communion with the Lord, an experience that was simply inexplicable.
āĻোāĻĒāύি āύোāĻšোā§ąা ā§°াāϤিā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąা āύিāĻāĻে āϏāϤেāĻ āĻā§°ি āϞোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° ā§°āĻāύাāĻāύ āĻāĻা āϏ⧰ু āĻŽাāĻিā§° āĻāϞāĻšā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āϏোāĻŽাāĻ āĻĻিāϞে, āĻā§°ু āϤাā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻšাāϤী āĻāĻাā§° āĻāĻৃāϤি āĻঁāĻিāϞে। āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āύাāĻŽাāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻুāĻি āĻ’āϞ, āĻā§°ু āϤাāϤ āύিāĻāĻে āĻšেā§°াāĻ āĻ’āϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻুā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻ āύিā§°ā§ą āĻŽিāϞāύ āϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ, āϝিāĻো āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤা āϏ⧰āϞāĻাā§ąে āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°া āĻāĻিāϞ।
After the prayer, Sankaradeva left for the palace of the Koch King with the frantic steps ahead with the pitcher in his hand. Having reached the palace he placed the pitcher before the king, who was sitting high on his throne.
āĻĒ্ā§°াā§°্āĻĨāύা āĻā§°াā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻļংāĻā§°āĻĻেā§ąে āĻšাāϤāϤ āĻāϞāĻšāĻো āϞৈ āĻāĻāϞৈ āĻāύ্āĻŽাāĻĻ āĻোāĻāĻŦোā§° āϞৈ āĻোāĻ ā§°āĻাā§° ā§°াāĻāĻĒ্ā§°āϏাāĻĻāϞৈ ā§°াāĻāύা āĻšāϝ়। ā§°াāĻāĻĒ্ā§°āϏাāĻĻāϤ āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻšৈ āϤেāĻঁ āĻāϞāĻšāĻো āϤেāĻঁā§° āϏিংāĻšাāϏāύāϤ āĻāĻāĻৈ āĻŦāĻšি āĻĨāĻা ā§°āĻাā§° āĻāĻāϤ ā§°াāĻিāϞে।
The royal palace plunged into thick silence. Astonishment writ large in everyone's face. The assembled pundits were eager to have a look on the pitcher. They were restless to see the elephant impounded within the tiny pot.
ā§°াāĻāĻĒ্ā§°āϏাāĻĻāĻো āĻāύ āύিāϏ্āϤāĻŦ্āϧāϤাāϤ āĻĄুāĻŦ āĻ’āϞ। āϏāĻāϞোā§°ে āĻŽুāĻāϤ āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽāϝ়ā§° āϞিāĻāύি āĻĄাāĻā§°। āϏāĻŽāĻŦেāϤ āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤāϏāĻāϞে āĻāϞāĻšāĻোā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻু āĻĢুā§°াāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻ্ā§°āĻšী āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻ্āώুāĻĻ্ā§° āĻĒাāϤ্ā§°āĻোā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻšাāϤীāĻোāĻ āĻāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻā§°া āĻĻেāĻি āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āĻ āϏ্āĻĨিā§° āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ।
The king was also no less astonished. Like the other pundits his eyes were also glued to the pitcher.
ā§°āĻাāĻ āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻšোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ। āĻāύ āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻĻā§°েāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻুāĻ āĻāϞāĻšāĻোāϤ āĻāĻ া āϞāĻাāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ।
"Your majesty! the pitcher contains the elephant." Sankaradeva said with a meek voice.
"āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŽāĻšাāĻŽāĻšিāĻŽ! āĻāϞāĻšāĻোāϤ āĻšাāϤীāĻো āĻāĻে।" āĻļংāĻā§°āĻĻেā§ąে āύāĻŽ্ā§° āĻŽাāϤেā§°ে āĻ’āϞে।
Everyone was eager to see how an elephant could be put into the tiny pitcher! The king opened the pitcher and found the book titled Gunamala, the compressed version of the Bhagmaiapunma.
āĻ্āώুāĻĻ্ā§° āĻāϞāĻšāĻোāϤ āĻšাāϤী āĻāĻা āĻেāύেāĻৈ āϏোāĻŽাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি āϏেāϝ়া āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻāϞোā§ąে āĻāĻ্ā§°āĻšী āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ! ā§°āĻাāĻ āĻāϞāĻšāĻো āĻুāϞি āĻāĻāĻŽৈāĻĒুংāĻŽাā§° āϏংāĻোāĻিāϤ āϏংāϏ্āĻā§°āĻŖ āĻুāĻŖাāĻŽাāϞা āύাāĻŽā§° āĻিāϤাāĻĒāĻāύ āĻĒাāϞে।
The king's astonishment knew no bounds. He fondly kissed the composition, and placed the same on a planer with devotion in his heart. His astonishment was vented in his total visage. He thought. "Bhagavatapurana is larger than thousand elephants. Only a saint can work out the miracle." His happiness knew no bounds.
ā§°āĻাā§° āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽāϝ়ā§° āĻোāύো āϏীāĻŽা āύাāĻাāύিāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ ā§°āĻāύাāĻāύāĻ āĻŽā§°āĻŽেā§°ে āĻুāĻŽা āĻাāϞে, āĻā§°ু āĻāĻেāĻিāύিāĻে āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ়āϤ āĻāĻ্āϤিā§°ে āĻĒ্āϞেāύাā§°āϤ ā§°াāĻিāϞে। āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽāϝ় āϤেāĻঁā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻŽুāĻāĻŽāĻŖ্āĻĄāϞāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ। āϏি āĻাāĻŦিāϞে। "āĻাāĻā§ąāϤāĻĒুā§°āĻŖ āĻšাāĻাā§° āĻšাāϤীāϤāĻৈāĻ āĻĄাāĻā§°। āĻেā§ąāϞ āĻāĻāύ āϏাāϧুāĻāĻšে āĻ āϞৌāĻিāĻāϤা āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে।" āϤাā§° āϏুāĻā§° āĻোāύো āϏীāĻŽা āύাāĻাāύিāĻিāϞ।
The amazement of the pundits turned into dead silence. They became voiceless with their heads tilling to the ground. They realized their foolishness.
āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽāϝ় āĻŽৃāϤ āĻŽৌāύāϤাāϞৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻŖāϤ āĻš’āϞ। āĻŽূā§°āĻো āĻŽাāĻিāϤ āĻিāϞি āĻĻি āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻāĻŖ্āĻ āĻšীāύ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāϞ। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āύিāĻā§° āĻŽূā§°্āĻāϤা āĻāĻĒāϞāĻŦ্āϧি āĻā§°িāϞে।
Answer the following :
āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিā§াāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিā§া
1. What was the name of the king of Koch kingdom?
(āĻোāĻ ā§°াāĻ্āϝ⧰ ā§°āĻাāĻāύ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āĻি āĻাāĻিāϞ?)
Answer: The name of the king of Koch kingdom was Naranarayana.
(āĻোāĻ ā§°াāĻ্āϝ⧰ ā§°āĻাāĻāύ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āύ⧰āύাā§°াā§āĻŖ āĻাāĻিāϞ।)
2. Where did the king and the scholars assemble?
(ā§°āĻা āĻā§°ু āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤāϏāĻāϞ āĻ’āϤ āϞāĻ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?)
Answer: The king and the scholars assembled at the king's royal palace.
(ā§°āĻা āĻā§°ু āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤāϏāĻāϞ ā§°াāĻāĻšাāĻāϞিāϤ āϞāĻ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
3. What was the name of the holy book that the king was interested in?
(ā§°āĻা āĻোāύāĻāύ āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ্ā§° āĻ্ā§°āύ্āĻĨāĻ āϞৈ āĻ āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻāĻ্ā§°āĻšী āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Answer: The name of the holy book that the king was interested in Bhagavatapurana.
(ā§°āĻা āĻাāĻā§ąāϤ āĻĒুā§°াāύ āύাāĻŽā§° āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ্ā§° āĻ্ā§°āύ্āĻĨāĻ āϞৈ āĻ āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻāĻ্ā§°āĻšী āĻāĻিāϞ)
4. What was the name of the elephant that Sankaradeva successfully put within the tiny pitcher?
(āĻļংāĻā§°āĻĻেā§ąে āϏāĻĢāϞāϤাā§°ে āĻুā§°ুāĻাāϤ āĻā§°োā§ąা āĻšাāϤীāĻোā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Answer: The name of the elephant that Sankaradeva successfully put within the tiny pitcher was Gunamala.
(āĻļংāĻā§°āĻĻেā§ąে āϏāĻĢāϞāϤাā§°ে āĻুā§°ুāĻাāϤ āĻā§°োā§ąা āĻšাāϤীāĻোā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻুāĻŖāĻŽাāϞা)
5. How could Sankaradeva successfully compress the holy book into a small one?
(āĻļংāĻā§°āĻĻেā§ąে āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦৃāĻšā§ āĻ্ā§°āύ্āĻĨāĻāύ āĻ্āώুāĻĻ্ā§° ā§°ূāĻĒ āĻĻিāϞে?)
Answer: Sankardeva came home and started working on the work with his heart and soul fully fixed on Lord Krishna. He compressed the Bhagavatapurana within his mind into a compressed version. Thus he successfully compressed the holy book into a small one.
(āĻļংāĻā§°āĻĻেā§ąে āĻā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻšি āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽāύ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖā§°ুāĻĒে āĻāĻā§ąাāύ āĻļ্ā§°ী āĻৃāĻĄা°āϞৈ āϏāĻŽā§°্āĻĒিāϤ āĻā§°ি āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāϞে। āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āĻŽāύāϤে āĻাāĻā§ąāϤ⧰ āϏাā§°াংāĻļ āϞৈ āĻāĻ āĻ্āώুāĻĻ্ā§° āĻā§°্āĻšি āϤৈā§াā§° āĻā§°িāϞে। āϤেāύেāĻĻā§°েāĻ āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦৃāĻšā§ āĻ্ā§°āύ্āĻĨāĻāύāĻ āĻ্āώুāĻĻ্ā§° ā§°ূāĻĒ āĻĻিāϞে)
6. Was the elephant a real eone? Explain.
(āĻšাāϤীāĻো āϏāĻাঁ āĻāĻিāϞ āύে? āĻŦāĻšāϞাāĻ āϞিāĻা)
Answer: The elephant was not a real one. The Bhagavatapurana is a mighty religious text of hinduism. It is so vast that can not be narrated in a single day. But the king Naranarayana wanted his scholars to narrate it in a single day. The task assigned by the king is symbolized by the elephant.
(āĻšাāϤীāĻো āϏāĻাঁ āύাāĻিāϞ। āĻাāĻā§ąāϤ āĻĒুā§°াāĻŖ āĻšিāύ্āĻĻু āϧ⧰্āĻŽā§° āĻāĻ āĻŦৃāĻšā§ āϧ⧰্āĻŽāĻĒুāĻĨি। āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŽাāύেāĻ āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āϝে āĻā§াāĻ āĻāĻĻিāύāϤে āĻŦাāĻ্āϝা āĻā§°াāĻো āĻāĻ িāύ। āĻিāύ্āϤু ā§°āĻা āύ⧰āύাā§°াā§āĻŖে āĻĒুāĻĨিāĻāύ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤāϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻāĻĻিāύāϤে āĻŦাāĻ্āϝা āĻā§°াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϏ্āϤাā§ą āĻĻিāϞে। ā§°āĻাā§° āĻāĻ āĻাā§°্āϝāĻে āĻšাāϤীā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϤুāϞāύা āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে।)
Fill in the blanks :
(āĻাāϞী āĻ াāĻ āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°া)
I. The king wanted the scholars to explain the contents of the holy book to him in a ..... day.
ā§°āĻাāĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤāϏāĻāϞে āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ্ā§° āĻĒুāĻĨিāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻāĻা ..... āĻĻিāύāϤ āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻŦুāĻাāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ।
Answer: The king wanted the scholars to explain the contents of the holy book to him in a single day.
(ā§°āĻাāĻ āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄিāϤāϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻāĻĻিāύāϤে āĻ্ā§°āύ্āĻĨāĻāύ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝা āĻā§°ি āĻĻিā§াāϤো āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ)
2. Your majesty ! Who can put the elephant into a .......
Answer: Your majesty ! Who can put the elephant into a pitcher.
(āĻšে āĻŽāĻšাā§°াāĻ! āĻুā§°ুāĻাāϤ āĻোāύে āĻšাāϤী āĻā§°াāĻŦ?)
3. O king, it is indeed difficult, but not.. ........
Answer: O king, it is indeed difficult, but not.impossible.
(āĻšে āĻŽāĻšাā§°াāĻ, āĻā§া āύিāĻļ্āĻā§āĻৈ āĻāĻ িāύ āĻিāύ্āϤ āĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ą āύāĻšā§)
4. He must be a fool. Or he is going to....... the king.
Answer: He must be a fool. Or he is going to befool the king.
(āĻāĻঁ āύিāĻļ্āĻā§ āĻŽূā§°্āĻ āĻ āĻĨāĻŦা āĻāĻঁ ā§°āĻাāĻ āĻŽূā§°্āĻ āϏাāĻিāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻে)
5. Your majesty ! the pitcher contains the .....
Answer: Your majesty ! the pitcher contains the elephant.
(āĻšে āĻŽāĻšাā§°াāĻ! āĻāĻ āĻুā§°ুāĻাāϤে āĻšাāϤী āϏোāĻŽাāĻ āĻāĻে)
6. It is our time to .......
Answer: It is our time to see and enjoy.
(āĻā§া āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻোā§ąা āĻā§°ু āĻāύāύ্āĻĻ āϞāĻাā§° āϏāĻŽā§)
7. They became voiceless with their heads ..... to the ground.
Answer: They became voiceless with their heads tilling. to the ground.
(āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āύিāĻŽāϤ āĻšৈ āϤāϞāĻŽুā§ąা āĻৈ ā§°’āϞ)
Selection of word meaning :
(āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻ ā§°্āĻĨā§° āĻŽিāϞোā§ąা)
Some words are given in column ·"A". Pick up their nearest meaning from out of the the words given in column.
(āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ A āĻā§°ু āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ B āϤ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻĻিā§া āĻāĻে āĻ ā§°্āĻĨā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŽিāϞোā§ąা)
Answer:
'A' 'B'
Palace - King's place for congregation, Royal House (ā§°āĻাā§° āϏāĻা, ā§°াāĻāĻৃāĻš)
Bhagavatapurana - Name of a holy book (āĻāĻāύ āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ্ā§° āĻ্ā§°āύ্āĻĨā§° āύাāĻŽ)
Askance - facial look( āĻŽূāĻā§° āĻংāĻীāĻŽা)
Fondly - Lovingly (āĻāĻĻā§°েā§°ে)
Magnificent - Excellently well( āĻ āϤি āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§°)
Visage - A state of getting finished(āϏāĻŽাāĻĒ্āϤিā§° āĻĒāĻĨāϤ)
Impound - To get one bound( āĻā§ąāĻĻ্āϧ āĻšোā§ąা)
Glue - To get one's attention fixed on something (āĻোāύো āĻাāĻŽāϤ āĻ āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻ āĻĻি āĻĨāĻা)
Meek - Sober and calm (āϧীā§° āĻā§°ু āĻļাāύ্āϤ)
Trance - Meditation( āϤāĻĒāϏ্āϝা)
Vent - Expressed(āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻā§°া)
Hurricane - Storm(āϧুāĻŽুāĻšা)
Devotion - Gentle and respectful attention(āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύāĻĒূā§°্āĻŦāĻ āĻāĻā§°āĻŖ)
Running out - Restless(āĻ āϏ্āĻĨিā§°)
Frantic - To look furtively (āĻ āϏ্āĻŦāϏ্āϤিāĻā§° āĻংāĻীāĻŽা)
Word meaning:
Spending- āĻā§°āĻ āĻā§°া।
Assemble- āϏāĻŽাāĻŦেāĻļ।
Want- āĻŦিāĻā§°া।
Content- āĻŦিāώā§।
Holy- āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ্ā§°।
Speechless- āύিā§°্āĻŦাāĻ।
Majesty- āĻŽāĻšাāĻŽāĻšিāĻŽ।
Narrate- āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°া।
Within- āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ।
Require- āĻĒ্ā§°ā§োāĻāύ।
Pitcher- āĻāϞāĻš।
Freshened- āϏāϤেāĻ āĻā§°া।
Earthen- āĻŽাাāĻিā§°।
Figure- āĻāĻৃāϤি।
Prayer- āĻĒ্ā§°াā§°্āĻĨāύা।
Inexplicable- āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°া।
Frantic- āĻāύ্āĻŽাāĻĻ।
Plunged- āĻĄুāĻŦ āϝোā§ąা।
Astonishment- āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽā§।
Eager- āĻāĻ্ā§°āĻšী।
Impound- āĻāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻā§°া।
Pot- āĻĒাāϤ্ā§°।
Glued- āĻāĻ া āϞāĻোā§ąা।
Contains- āĻ āύ্āϤ⧰্āĻূāĻ্āϤ āĻĨাāĻে।
Titled- āĻļিā§°োāύাāĻŽāϝুāĻ্āϤ।
Devotion- āĻāĻ্āϤি।
Miracle- āĻ āϞৌāĻিāĻ āĻāĻāύা।
Foolishness- āĻŽূā§°্āĻাāĻŽি।
Word meaning by- Punya Hazarika.
Type & Check: Himashree Bora. (Date:10-06-2022)