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| SM STUDY POINT |
A. Work in small groups and discuss the following:
Q. 1. Which is the golden period of life-childhood, youth or old age? Give reasons for your choice?
Ans. Childhood is the golden period of life because in this period a child is free from all the sensual activities of the human. He has no any mental pressure to do something better for his family. Eating and playing are the main work in that period which is totally free from the other activities of society.
Q. 2. Why does man want to remain always young ?
Ans. A man wants to remain always young because in this period he enjoys everything and everytime. He gets desires to find something better for his life which make his last period (old) better.
B. 1.1. Answer the following questions briefly :
Q. 1. Who was Emperor Yayati ?
Ans. Emperor Yayati was one of the ancestors of the Pandavas.
Q. 2. How did Yayati become old ? Who cursed him ?
Ans. Yayati became prematurely old by the curse of Sukracharya for having wrong his wife Devayani. Sukracharya cursed him.
Q. 3. Was Yayati devoid of sensual desires ?
Ans. Yes, Yayati was devoid of sensual desires.
Q. 4. What was the reply of his eldest son ? "
Ans. His eldest son replied that women and servants would mock at him if he was to take upon himself his old age.
Q. 5. Why did he become angry?
Ans. He became angry because his three sons had declined to do as he wished.
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B. 1. 2. Answer the following questions briefly :
Q. 1. What are the symptoms of an old man ?
Ans. Wrinkles, debility and grey hairs are the symptoms of an old man.
Q. 2. Who was Puru? Did he accept his father's proposal ?
Ans. Puru was the youngest in five sons of Emperor Yayati. Yes, he accepted the proposal of his father.
Q. 3. Sensual desire is everlasting. Whose thought is this?
Ans. It is the thought of Yayati.
Q. 4. Why did Yayati resume his old age ?
Ans. Because the truth dawned on him that no objects of desire like corn, gold, cattle and women can never satisfy the desires of man.
Q. 5. Do corn, gold, cattle and woman satisfy the desire of a man?
Ans. No, corn, gold, cattle and woman do not satisfy the desire of a man.
B. 1.3 Answer the following questions briefly :
Q. 1. What was Yayati famous for ?
Ans. Yayati was famous for a ruler devoted to the welfare of his subjects.
Q. 2. Why did Yayati call his sons ?
Ans. Yayati called his sons because one of them ought to hear the burden of his old age and gave his youth in return.
Q. 3. What did he say to them ?
Ans. He said to them that the curse of their grandfather Sukracharya had made him unexpectedly and prematurely old. One of you ought to bear the burden of my old age and give his youth in return.
Q. 4. Which son agreed to give Yayati his youth and take his old age ?
Ans. The youngest son, Puru agreed to give his youth and take his old age.
Q. 5. Why did Yayati go to the garden of Kubera ?
Ans. Yayati went to the garden Kubera with an apsara maiden to spent many years for enjoyment.
C. 1. LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS :
Q. 1. Why did Yayati become prematurely old? Why did he dislike it?
Ans. Yayati became prematurely old by the curse of Sukracharya for having wronged his wife Devayani. He disliked it because he was still haunted by the desire for sensual enjoyment.
Q. 2. In order to enjoy the pleasur of youth, Yayati wished to take the youth of one of his sons. Was he right in doing so ? Explain with arguments of your own.
Ans. In order to enjoy the pleasure of youth, Yayati wished to take the youth of one of his sons, he was not right in doing so because a man who cursed by any one should face the problems himself. Yayati should face the curse of Sukracharya himself by destroying his desires of enjoyment of life as a youth and should not appeal to his sons to share his problems like that.
Q. 3. Write in your own words the responses of the first three sons to their father's request.
Ans. As I think a father should not appeal to his sons like Yayati. A father always think for the welfare of his children. The children should also responsible for their parents who care on their wellfareness. The first three sons to their father's request should not reply as they replied. They can suggest their father and encourage their father to face the curse of their grandfather Sukracharya. A gardener waters his garden to give beautiful flowers to make him happy and peace not to make him anger and unhappy. So the first three sons had also responsibility to share their father's problems moraly and suggests him to take boldly this.
Q. 4. How did the fourth son respond to his father's appeal? How would you have responded if you were the fourth son ?
Ans. The fourth son begged to be forgiven, as this was a thing he could by no means consent to. An old man has to seek the help of others even to keep his body clean, a most pitiful plight. No, as much as he love his father, he could do it. I would have also responded the same if I were the fourth son.
Q. 5. Why did Puru agree to give his youth to his father and take his father's old age in the bargain ? Did he do the right thing?
Ans. Puru was the youngest son of Yayati who loved his father very much. He knew that his four brothers had refused to share the appeal of my father and if I refused my father would be shocked and may died or mad. So, with filial love he agreed to give his youth to his father and take his father's old age in the bargain. On that time emotionaly he did right but in fact it was not right thing.
Q. 6. Is it right for a father to make such a request to his sons as Yayati did?
Ans. No, It is not right for a father to make such a request to his sons Yayati did.
Q. 7. Were the four sons justified in refusing their father's request? If yes, give reasons.
Ans. Yes, the four sons were justified in refusing their father's request because the father always keeps his children's happiness. A father takes all the laods on his shoulders and try to not feel it his child. In this story a father like Yayati should not appeal to his children like this to give their youth.
Q. 8. What lesson do you learn from this story?
Ans. This lesson teaches us that a man should live in his boundary. A man who jumps from his boundary of life may be laughed by others or may be ignored. In this story Yayati an Emperor of the kingdoms, appealed to his -sons who denied his appeal. It is not true that his sons were not loving him but his appeal was not so good to accept. A sensible and responsible man can not do as Yayati's son Puru had done. In emotion everything is possible.
C. 2. GROUP DISCUSSION :
Q. 1. "Elderly people are assets to our nation." Do you agree? Give reasons.
Ans. "Elderly people are assets to our nation." Yes, I am agree with this truth. If youth or children are here they are the gifts of the elders. Elderly people contribute to their experiences to reform the nation. They share the problems and suggest and guide the youths to do better for their life and nation. The children in home are also guided and cored by the elders who grow up in their supervision.
C. 3. COMPOSITION:
Q. 1. Write a paragraph in about 100 words on "Relation between parents and sons".
Ans. Relations between parent's and sons: We know that 'family is the first school of a child'. A child learns many things in the guidance of his parents. It is said that as you sow you will reap means as the parents as the sons. The parents motivate their sons to grow in their life and help them to achieve their missions of life. Sons should also responsible for their parents. They should obey their parents and respect them who always think about their welfare. When the sons denied the appeal of their parents what their parents' heart thought can not be imagined. But sometimes parents also appeal their sons as so that they can not do that. So the parents also care on their appeal to their sons though that could not be denied by their sons.
