QUIZ ON SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM( SEP 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 :

1) When Krishna returns to Dwaraka the kourava women send Him off. “ Viratathanaya means Uththarakumari. Mathsyasutha also menas Uththarakumari. In the 10^th chapter Sri Vyasa gives the list of Kourava women who send Him farewell. In the 9^th and 10^th slokas why does he refer to Uththrakumari twice?

2) “ Indra Ivajithaasrayaha”. The term “Ajithaasrayaha has a speciality. What is it?

3) Who fanned the Lord ( did the chamara upachara) when Lord Krishna went to Dwaraka?

4) Sage Vyasa says the bleesing of the brahmanas was both relevant and irrelevant for the Lord. Why is it so?

5) Give the meanings for :

a) Udyanam b) Upavanam c) Aaramam d) Prasadam

ANSWERS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2009:

1) Which time did Bheeshma expect while lying on the sharathalpa?
Bheeshma lay on the sharathalpa expecting the uththarayana kala.

2) What was the vow of Bheeshma in the battle?
Bheeshma vowed “ I will destroy the Pandavas by tomorrow evening lest the war is not obstructed by any means.” Also he made another vow. The Lord had vowed not to take any weapons in the Bharatha yudhdha. Bheeshma vowed that he will make the Lord take weapons the very next day of yudhdha.

3) Which vow did Krishna sacrifice in the battle?
The Lord vowed not to take any weapons.

4) What was the reaction of everyone when Bheeshma attained moksha?
Everybody was as silent as the birds in the evening time.

5) How did the sages go back to their ashram after Bheeshma’s mukthi?
The sages returned to the ashram meditating upon Lord Srr Krishna in their mind.

AUGUST WINNERS:

1.Radhika Venkataraman I 36+10 points

2.Hari Gurumoorthy - I -28+10 points

3.Padma Narayanan - II -24+8 points

4.Arvind Hariharan - II -38+8 points

5.Girija Sitaraman -II -26+8 points

6.Gopika Sampath - II -18+8 points

7.Sethuraman Swaminathan -II-26 +8 points

8.Natraj punjai -II -28+8 points

9.Sujatha Nandakumar -II-30+6 points

10.Karthik Venkataraman -III-34 +6 points