QUIZ ON SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM MARCH 2009

RULES AND REGULATION:
1. The answers should be mailed within 25th of the month to annahariji@gmail.com
2. Points will be alloted for the First, second and Third prizes.First - 10 Second - 8 Third - 6
3. The points will be cumulated every month if you get first, second or third.
4. The participants with the maximum points will be awarded first, second and third prizes at the end of the year.
5. The prizes will be distributed by Hariji at a grand function held at the end of the year.

QUESTIONS FOR THE MONTH MARCH 2009:

1) After the mahabharatha yudha Yudhishtira did aswamedha yaga. How many times did he do so?

2) Ashwaththama discharged the asthra on pancha pandavas. How did Lord Krishna protect the pandavas from it?

3) How did utharakumari seek refuge?

4) “Namasye purusham”- Why is he called purusha?

5) “Vipadaha santhu naha” –Kunti prays for more and more accidents in life. Why is it so?

ANSWERS FOR THE MONTH OF FEB 2009:

1)Who is Gautamy?

Aswaththama’s mother.

2) Why do we call Arjuna as Paartha?

Kunthi is otherwise known as “Prutha”. Arjuna is called “Partha” because he is the son of Prutha.

3) What was Draupadi’s reaction on seeing Ashwaththama?

“ leave him, leave Him” thus said Droupadi and bowed before Ashwaththama.

4) “ harehe haardam”- what is meant by haardam?

“Hardam is the notion of the mind, i.e., sankalpa.

5) What kind of punishment did Arjuna give Ashwaththama ?

He took off the jewel on Aswathathama’s head and shamed him

FEBRUARY WINNERS:
1.Sethuraman-First - 100+10 pts.
2. Hari Gurumurthy-First-38+10pts.
3.Aravind Hariharan-First - 10pts.
4.Aparna Ganesh-First-82+10pts.
5.Thaila-First-32+10pts.
6.Sujatha Nanadakumar-First-8+10pts.
7.Karthik Venkatraman- Second-42+8 pts.
8.Radhika Venkataraman-Third-10+6points