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Karnataka 1st PUC English Textbook Answers Reflections Chapter 8 Watchman of the Lake
Watchman of the Lake Comprehension I.
Question 1.
Why was the headman in a hurry to complete the road work?
Answer:
The king was passing the village next day. Therefore the headman was in a hurry to complete the road work.
Question 2.
The village headman asked Mara to keep away from the road workers because….
Answer:
The road must be ready before the king arrives.
Question 3.
How did Mara manage to draw the attention of the king? Why?
Answer:
Mara jumped down from the tree, to draw the attention of the king to tell about his vision.
Question 4.
The goddess command to Mara was to nothing that flies or swims or walks in these varts should ever be killed.
Question 5.
How does the king respond to Mara’s information about the tank?
Answer:
The king said that Mara had the grade of gods upon you. His words are wealthy. The king told him to accompany them to the capital.
Question 6.
What does Mara advise his son in saving the lake and the creatures?
Answer:
Worship should be performed on the evenings of every Tuesday and Friday. Scores of people come from even distant towns for it. You must not miss a single one henceforth.
Question 7.
Why did the visitor approach Mara?
Answer:
The visitor came all the way to ask a favour of Mara. The crops parch up and cattle are dying of drought. He asked him to release some water for the crops.
Question 8.
Mara rushed to the king because he wanted to save
(a) his own life
(b) the king
(c) the lake.
Answer:
(c) the lake.
Question 9.
Mara was trembling at the king’s palace because
(a) He was afraid of the king.
(b) He was drenched in the rain.
(c) He was worried about the lake.
Answer:
(c) He was worried about the lake.
Question 10.
On what condition did Mara make the Goddess wait for him?
Answer:
Mara pleaded that he would run to the capital and inform the king, and return. Till then he asked her to stay her hand. When she sees him there again, she might carry out the devastation.
Babar Ali Comprehension II:
Question1.
What was the significance of Mara’s dream?
Answer:
The river Veda which you see at the foot of the hill and from which you drink water, is my very own plaything. It carries in its bosom the nectar which revives god and nourishes mortals. But when the summer sun bakes your soil, I keep my pet sheltered in the cool glades of the mountain, and then you die of drought, When 1771 summer ends and you have water again, you take what you want and allow the precious stream to dissipate and perish in the foul marshes far off. I command you. Tell you king to build and tank and not to let Veda leave this village. Give her a home. These were the word of the goddess.
Question 2.
What instructions did Mara give his son about the lake and the creatures? What light do these instructions throw on Mara’s character?
Answer:
Mara instructed his son that when he was gone he would be the guard there; that is what he must do with killers; whether they came with arrow for the gulls which skimmed over the water, or with the rod for the fish. ?that place is sacred and belongs to the Goddess; and her command is that nothing that flies or swims or walks in these parts should ever be killed.
From my hut I have often seen at dead of night a tiger come down from the mountain, soaking its thirst at that distant corner. But even that has to go untouched. Such is the command of the Goddess and the king. This shows that how pious he is! , So as to bringing his generations a prayerful and obedient. He also used to be the great messenger of goddess.
Question 3.
Bring out the significance of the sacred spot that Mara describes to the king.
Answer:
Mara explains about the sacred spot Where your majesty now stands is a sacred spot. There once stood the great Hanuman on the day Lakshmana was wounded in the battle -field at Lanka and lay in a deadly faint. Guided by omens Hanuman came here, and then he went up the mountain in whose shadow your majesty is resting now.
There on its crest he found Sanjeevini. He flew to Lanka with it, and at its breath Yama’s messengers fled, and Lakshmana rose to his feet with a new life. Such was the power of Sanjeevini; and where it grew, there arose a stream, which came down the mountain and now flows past your Majesty’s fee. It is called Veda. Its water is the very life-blood of your Majesty’s humble subjects.
Question 4.
How did Mara react to the Goddess what she appeared before him for.
a. The first time?
Mara fell at her feet.
b. The second time?
Answer:
Mara pleaded with her not to destroy the tank. He pointed out to her the vastness of the lake, the water stretching the length of the hill and going in a bend out of sight the whole of it keep back by a bank, which would take a quarter of a day to cross. But all that “she would say to it was Why do you make much it . He told her that all that water waited like a crouching tiger and would spring upon the hundred villages and towns and the king’s capital beyond, if the bank was removed. She laughed at it and flourished her sward. He pleaded with her for hours to spare us and have pity on us poor mortals.
Babar Ali Comprehension III:
Question 1.
Was the headman justified in calling Mara a lunatic? Give reasons.
Answer:
Headman told to Mara that, the king is passing this way and he don’t want him to know that our village has 1791 such fools as Mara. Because the Headman was not be leaving Mara’s dream. So he called him a lunatic.
Question 2.
“Nature is both protective and destructive”. How does the play bring out this idea?
Answer:
God created a world which contains powerful natural and human forces, all of which are interconnected. In God’s original design, all elements and aspects of creation were intended to work together in a symphony of joy and beauty. The animals and natural elements were perfectly balanced to support and sustain one another.
Plants, trees, and vegetation provided sustenance for the animals, while the animals helped tend and guide the growth of plants. There were waters below and waters above, working together with the heat of the sun and the movement of the air to bring growth, light, and refreshment to all. These are the protective process of the nature.
Nature can be destructive because we find unusual natural calamities cause the death of millions of people. Flood, Tsunami, earthquake storm, hurricane, torrents and forest fire etc, are the natural destruction kills many innocent lives of the people. We must protect ourselves against the destruction of the nature.
Question 3.
How differently did Mara treat the fisherman and the visitor?
Answer:
Mara behaved the fisherman very rudely. Mara asked to go before he was pushed into the lake.
Mara politely spoke to the visitor. Even Mara invited him into his hut and offered some food.
Question 4.
Why do you think Mara asked the king to make his son, son’s son and so on, the watchman of the lake?
Answer:
Mara requested the king to make his son the watchman of the lake, and after him his son, and then his son’s son to the last generation for our family.
Question 5.
In what way do you think Mara’s sacrifice saved the lake? What ‘sacrifices’ need to be made to save the lakes today?
Answer:
Mara’s sacrifice saved the thousands of people’s agriculture and moreover the lives of the people saved.
- Constituting laws for the pre occupations of the lake and its surrounding areas.
- Revamping is required to increase the depth of the lakes.
- Sewages and drainages should not be flown here.
- We need a collective task to reduce.
- Lake areas which have been skimmed would need to be re-skimmed constantly.
- Rehabilitating the Lakes is most important.
- Collect all the excess green algae by skimming it off the lake, then turn the algae into something “environmental” Bio-fuel? or Fertilizer?
Vocabulary
Idioms and Phrases
All these expressions have specific meaning. Refer a good dictionary for their meaning.
Praise something to the sky – to praise a lot To take somebody/something seriously- To take much care about something. 1811
Play the fools – make fun
All and sundry – everyone is not just a few special people.
Quite a bit – a large number or amount of something.
Keep out of one’s view – avoid involving other’s ideas and views.
To have oneself – adore
Have a care – Feeling of worry or anxiety.
Try tricks on somebody -cheat somebody Rise to one’s feet – to stand up Keep an eye -watch carefully
Watchman of the Lake Additional Question and Answer
Question 1.
What is the capital of the king?
Answer:
The capital of the king is Rukmangada.
Question 2.
Who is called the watchman of the lake?
Answer:
In the center of the town there is a shrine which is dedicated not to distant gods or heroes but to a rustic, who was watchman of a lake called Ayyankere.
Question 3.
Why did the headman scold mara?
Answer:
Mara was sharing his vision with his neighbour. Therefore he got scolded.
Question 4.
“I don’t feel I am a fool” Who said this?
Answer:
This is said by Mara to the headman.
Question 5.
After hearing the dream, how did the headman react?
Answer:
The headman replied Mara not to tell that again. He felt tempted to kick him.
Question 6.
How did Bhima’s mother take care of him in his childhood?
Answer:
His mother gave him iron decoction when he was a baby; and at every dawn he ran up the hill with a large grind-stone on my back. It is a very big stone. He couldn’t move it even an inch.
Question 7.
What did the goddess command Mara to tell the king to build?
Answer:
The goddess commanded Mara to convey the king to build a tank.
Question 8.
What is called the Veda?
Answer:
The power of Sanjeevini and where it grew there arose a stream, which came down the mountain and now flows past the king’s feet. It is called the Veda.
II.
Question 1.
Sanjeevini this mountain comes in the epic
(a) Ramayana
(b) Mahabharatha
(c) Kalgi
Answer:
(a) Ramayana
Question 2.
The summer sun bakes your soil means
(a) sun’s light.
(b) summer heat of the sun.
(c) hot wind.
Answer:
(a) sun’s light.
Watchman of the Lake Summary in English
On the eastern base of Baba Budan Hills, in Karnataka, there is a place called Sakkrepatna thousand years ago, was the capital of a king called Rukmangada. In the center of this town there is a shrine which is dedicated not to distant gods or heroes hut to a rustic, who was watchman of a lake called Ayyankere, four miles from the town.
There was road mending works going on. In the first scene Village headman was supervising the work. He commanded every worker to do their works properly. At that time one of the worker name Mara who was close to all the workers.
The village was very busy in making road because the King of the town arrives. Mara argued with the headman that he wanted to sit there and pray. He said that the goddess of the river came t me in the dream and said The king is coming this way’.
Tell him about the tank he will listen. The headman commanded Bhima to bind this fellow hand and foot and throw him into the cellar behind the ole temple, and keep him there till the day after tomorrow.
As the king is about to pass under a tree, someone jumps down from its branches. The king heard the voice of the others saying, where did he jump from? Who is he? Mara was dragged before the king. The king enquired about him. He replied that he was an unworthy
dog. Mara conveyed his dream to the King. He added that that is the place. There once stood the great Hanuman on the day Lakshmana was wounded in the battle-field at Lanka and lay in a deadly faint.
Many years later, Mara was standing before his hut on the bank of a vast lake.
In the third scene the watchman took a final survey on the tank bund and was about to go back home. He saw a shadowy figure moving down the narrow stone steps placed something on the last step and slowly moved into knee deep water level.
Watchman quickly moved, asked the lady to come on to steps and rest. From the letter that she left, he sensed that she has come to suicide. In the interaction, he found her troubles silly and shared his own sorrows and miseries of life. He suggested her to go home dismissing all her problems as nothing.
Looking at her obstinate behaviour not to leave the tank, he left her alone late in the night and moved away. The Next day, watchman moved first to the steps and found the letter there and could not find any clue about the lady. He felt guilty of leaving her alone at tank.
He also felt that he is responsible at least for one suicide in the tank and was expecting the body to float on the water in the due course of time. After some years, on a particular day watchman could identify the woman among the visitors and salutes her with folded hands expecting the response. He had lots of questions to ask. The lady moves away like a stranger. He goes home dismissing the thought that he may be wrong in identifying the lady.
Watchman of the Lake Summary in Kannada
Glossary:
Buck(n) : a male deer
Crowbar (n) : a straight iron bar usually with a curved end.
prattle(n) : a silly / foolish talk
coronet(n) : a small crown
crest (n) : the topmost ridge of a mountain
dissipate (y) : to gradually disappear
sIake(v) : to drink so that you no longer feel thirsty
sapphire (n) bright blue precious stone.
Torrential (adj) falling in large amount
torrent(n) a large amount of water moving quickly