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The Enchanted Pool lesson questions and answers
1. “At a little distance, I see water plant and cranes.”
a) Who said this?
Answer: Nakula said this.
b) Who was it said to?
Answer: It was said to Yudhistira and other brothers.
c) What did he confirm by seeing cranes and water plants?
Answer: He confirmed that there must be water.
2. “Come and stand up to me and I will kill you.”
a) Who said this?
Answer: Arjuna said this.
b) Who was it asked to?
Answer: It was asked to Yaksha.
c) Why did he say so?
Answer: Because he wanted to avenge the death of his brothers and Yaksha warned him not to drink water before answering questions.
3. “What accompanies a man in death?”
a) Who asked this question?
Answer: Yaksha asked this question.
b) Who was it asked to?
Answer: It was asked to Yudhistira.
c) What was the answer given by Yudhistira to this question?
Answer: Dharma, that alone accompanies the soul in its solitary after death.
Notes of the lesson The Enchanted Pool
4. “None of your enemies will be able to discover you.”
a) Who said this?
Answer: Yama, the Lord of Death said this.
b) Whom does ‘You’ refer?
Answer: ‘You’ refers to Yudhistira.
c) Where was he at that time?
Answer: He was in the forest.
5. “Stop! Nakula! Do not drink.”
a) Who said this?
Answer: Yaksha said this.
b) Who is Nakula?
Answer: Nakula is the brother of Yudhistira.
c) Why did he say so?
Answer: Because the unseen voice has to test the Pandavas. Therefore, the unseen voice asked
Nakula to answer his questions before drinking water.
6. “Answer my questions before you drink the water.”
a) Whom does ‘You’ refer to?
Answer: ‘You’ refers to Arjuna.
b) Who is ‘my’ here?
Answer: Yaksha
c) How did he react to this?
Answer: Arjuna became very angry, by hearing this words and he shot sharp arrow in the direction
of the voice.
7. “Your arrows can’t touch me.”
a) Whom does ‘Me’ refer to?
Answer: ‘Me’ refers to Yaksha.
b) Who is ‘your’ referred here?
Answer: Arjuna
c) What did Arjuna do after listening to this?
Answer: Arjuna wanted to destroy this unseen foe, but first he had to quench his terrible thirst.
Therefore, he drank water and fell down dead.
8. “Dear brother, even Arjuna, the great hero, hasn’t returned.”
a) Who said this?
Answer: Yudhistira said this.
b) Who is ‘dear brother’ here?
Answer: Bhima
c) Why did he say this?
Answer: Yudhistira anxiously waited for his brothers. However, they did not return for long
time. Yudhistira thought that something had happened to his brothers.
The Enchanted Pool extract questions and answers for class 9
9. “Please! Find them quickly.”
a) Who said this?
Answer: Yudhistira said this.
b) Whom was it said to?
Answer: Bhima
c) Why did he want to find them quickly?
Answer: Because Nakula, Sahadeva and Arjuna had not returned for a long time, he thought
something had happened wrong and he sends Bhima to find them.
10. “Your brothers died because they did not heed my words.”
a) Who said this?
Answer: Yaksha said this.
b) Who is ‘your’ referred here?
Answer: Yudhistira
c) What was the warning given to brothers?
Answer: Yaksha gave warning to the brothers that they must answer his questions before they drink
the water.
11. “Please ask your questions.”
a) Who said this?
Answer: Yudhistira said this.
b) Who is ‘your’ referred here?
Answer: Yaksha
c) Why did he say so?
Answer: Yudhistira knew that the unseen voice is none other than Yaksha. He saw a possible way
to redeeming the Yudhistira.