The Story of Ekalavya
(a) Who was Ekalavya?
Ans: Eklavya was a young prince of the Nishada dynasty.
{(āĻ) āĻāĻāϞāĻŦ্āϝ āĻোāύ āĻāĻিāϞ?
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ āĻāĻāϞāĻŦ্āϝ āύিāώāĻĻ āĻŦংāĻļā§° āĻāĻāύ āϝুā§ą ā§°াāĻāĻুāĻŽাā§° āĻāĻিāϞ।}
(b) What did he want to learn?
Ans: He wanted to learn to shoot arrows from Guru Dronacharya.
[(āĻ) āϤেāĻঁ āĻি āĻļিāĻিāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ?
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ āϤেāĻঁ āĻুā§°ু āĻĻ্ā§°োāύাāĻাā§°্āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻাঁāĻĄ় āĻŽাā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻļিāĻিāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ।]
(c) Who did he want to be his guru?
Ans: He wanted to be his Guru Dronacharya
[(āĻ) āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻুā§°ু āĻš’āĻŦāϞৈ āϤেāĻঁ āĻাāĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ?
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻুā§°ু āĻĻ্ā§°োāύাāĻাā§°্āϝ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ]
(d) Why did Drona refuse to teach him?
Ans: Drona refused to teach him because he was not a Kshatriya.
[(āĻ) āĻĻ্ā§°োāĻŖে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻļিāĻ্āώা āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻিāϝ় āĻ
āϏ্āĻŦীāĻাā§° āĻā§°িāϞে?
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ āĻĻ্ā§°োāĻŖে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻĒāĻĸ়াāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ
āϏ্āĻŦীāĻাā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϤেāĻঁ āĻ্āώāϤ্ā§°িāϝ় āύāĻšāϝ়।]
(c) What did Ekalavya do then?
Ans: Then Eklavya went away sadly.
[(āĻ) āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻāϞāĻŦ্āϝāĻ āĻি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻāϞāĻŦ্āϝ āĻĻুāĻ āĻŽāύেā§°ে āĻুāĻি āĻ’āϞ।]
(f) How did he prove that he was a great archer?
Ans: Drona, his disciple went to the forest for hunting with many dogs and one of them went to the place in the forest where Eklavya was practicing shooting arrows. When the dog was barking, Eklavya shot many arrows which hit the dog's mouth the dog without burting it. Thus he proved that he was a great archer.
[(āĻ) āϤেāĻঁ āϝে āĻāĻāύ āĻŽāĻšাāύ āϧāύুā§°্āĻŦিāĻĻ āϏেāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻā§°িāϞে?
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ āĻĻ্ā§°োāĻŖ, āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻļিāώ্āϝ āĻŦāĻšু āĻুāĻুā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻিāĻাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻšাāĻŦিāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤাā§°ে āĻāĻāύে āĻšাāĻŦিāĻāύ⧰ āϏেāĻ āĻ াāĻāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ āϝ’āϤ āĻāĻāϞāĻŦ্āϝāĻ āĻাঁāĻĄ় āĻāϞোā§ąাā§° āĻ
āĻ্āϝাāϏ āĻā§°ি āĻāĻিāϞ। āĻুāĻুā§°āĻোā§ąে āĻুāĻুā§ąাāĻ āĻĨাāĻোঁāϤে āĻāĻāϞāĻŦ্āϝāĻ āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻাঁāĻĄ় āĻুāϞিāϝ়াāĻ āĻুāĻুā§°āĻোā§° āĻŽুāĻāϤ āĻুāĻুā§°āĻোāĻ āĻ্āĻŦāϞাāĻ āύোāϝোā§ąাāĻৈ āĻুāύ্āĻĻা āĻŽাā§°িāϞে। āĻāĻāĻĻā§°ে āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻā§°িāϞে āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻāύ āĻŽāĻšাāύ āϧāύুā§°্āĻŦিāĻĻ।]
(g) What made Drona Surprised?
Ans: Drona was surprised to see the dog whose mouth was full of arrows.
[(āĻ) āĻĻ্ā§°োāĻŖāĻ āĻিāĻšā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻā§°ি āϤুāϞিāĻিāϞ?
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ āĻŽুāĻāϤ āĻাঁāĻĄ়েā§°ে āĻā§°ি āĻĨāĻা āĻুāĻুā§°āĻো āĻĻেāĻি āĻĻ্ā§°োāĻŖ āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻš’āϞ।]
(b) What did he ask Ekalavya to give him?
Ans: Drona asked Eklavya for his right thumb as Gurudakshina
[(āĻ) āĻāĻāϞāĻŦ্āϝāĻ āĻি āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ?
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ āĻĻ্ā§°োāĻŖে āĻāĻāϞāĻŦ্āϝāĻ āĻুā§°ুāĻĻāĻ্āώিāĻŖ āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āϏোঁ āĻŦুāĻĸ়া āĻāĻুāϞি āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāϞে]
(3) What did Ekalavya do?
Ans: Without a moment's hesitation, he drew a sharp arrow and cut off his right thumb and placed it over the master.
[(ā§Š) āĻāĻāϞāĻŦ্āϝāĻ āĻি āĻā§°িāϞে?
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ āĻāĻ āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤ⧰ āϏংāĻোāĻ āύāĻā§°াāĻৈāϝ়ে āĻোāĻা āĻাঁāĻĄ় āĻঁāĻি āϏোঁ āĻŦুāĻĸ়া āĻāĻুāϞিāĻো āĻাāĻি āĻŽাāώ্āĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ ā§°াāĻিāϞে।]
(j) Do you think Drona was right? Give reasons.
Ans: No, he wasn't. Because Eklavya bowed down to his Guru and he learned archery by making a clay statue of his Guru.
[(āĻ) āĻĻ্ā§°োāĻŖā§° āĻāĻĨা āϏāĻ িāĻ āĻŦুāϞি āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻাāĻŦেāύে? āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻোā§ąা।
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ঃ āύাāĻ, āϤেāĻঁ āύাāĻিāϞ। āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻāϞāĻŦ্āϝāĻ āύিāĻā§° āĻুā§°ুā§° āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŖাāĻŽ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āĻুā§°ুā§° āĻŽাāĻিā§° āĻŽূā§°্āϤি āύিā§°্āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻā§°ি āϧāύুā§°্āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝা āĻļিāĻিāĻিāϞ।]
Word Note:
Clan : āĻŦংāĻļ
Clay : āĻŦোāĻা
Check by - Mukesh Borah