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Check your comprehension

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1. Who did Yudhistira ask to look for water?
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2. Why do you think Nakula was happy when he got
to the place?
3. Can you give a word for ‘transparent’ which means
almost the same?
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4. Why do you think Nakula did not obey the voice?

5. What happened to Nakula when he drank the water?
6. Why did Yudhistira send Sahadeva to see what the
matter was?

7. Why did Sahadeva meet the same fate as Nakula?

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4. Again the warning voice was heard: “Answer my questions
before you drink the water. This pool is mine. If you disobey
me, you’ll follow your brothers.” Arjuna became very angry.
He cried,“Who are you? Come and stand up to me and I will
kill you.” He shot sharp arrows in the direction of the voice.
The invisible being laughed in scorn and said, “Your arrows
can’t touch me.” Arjuna wanted to destroy this unseen foe,
but first he had to quench his terrible thirst. So he drank the
water and also fell down dead.

5. After another anxious wait, Yudhistira turned to Bhima,
“Dear brother, even Arjuna, the great hero hasn’t returned.
Something terrible must have happened to our brothers.
Please find them quickly.” Bhima hurried away without
another word. Like Arjuna, Bhima also did not heed the
warning and drank water eagerly, glaring around in defiance.
And instantly his great strength seemed to slip from him like
a garment and he also fell dead among his brothers.

6. Puzzled and worried that his brothers had not returned,
Yudhistira himself proceeded in the direction his brothers

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