Friday, July 10, 2009

QUIZ ON SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM JULY 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 OF JULY 2009:

1) “ Vyasadyaihi Eeshwarehagnaihi”- Vyasa and other sages did not discover the Lord’s will. Which will does this refer to?

2) Did the guru of Bheeshma visit Bheeshma at Kurukshetra? Who was he?

3) Arjuna refused to fight his opponents who were his relatives at the battlefield. Why did Bheeshma refer to this as a wrong thought?

4) As per Advaitha sidhdhantha is the soul one or many?

5) What example does Bheeshma give for the above?

ANSWERS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2009


1) a) The son of Ganga b) father of Rukmini c) Sri Rukmini d) The capital city of Swayambhuva manu as well as the wife of Priyavratha.

2) a) “ Vigatha thrushna” – I offer unpolluted mind- desireless of the material world.

a) “ Visheshena thrushna”- I offer you my heart which is full of affection for you.

3) Dharmaputhra considered the Lord as his relative, beloved, friend, minister, ambassador, charioteer etc

4) “ Advayasya”- Advaithis are not different from Brahmam. So they refer as advayam. Vishishtadvaithis say there is no equal to Paramathma. Hence it is advayam.

5) Nirgunabrahmam will not create the world.


JUNE WINNERS:

1.Arvind Hariharan --I-- 20+10 points
2.Sujata Nandakumar-- I--20+10 points
3.Natraj Punjai --I--18+10 points
4.Karthik Venkataraman --II--18+8 points
5.Radhika Venkataraman --II--18+8 points
6.Nandakumar Mutthukrishnan --III--18+6 points

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