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HSC English First Paper English For Today Unit 3 Lesson 1
āĻŦাংāĻ˛াāĻ° āĻĒৌāĻ°াāĻŖিāĻ āĻাāĻšিāĻ¨ী
I have seen Bengal’s face
By Jibanananda Das
Because I have seen Bengal’s face I will seek no more,
The world has not anything more beautiful to show me.
Waking up in darkness, gazing at the fig-tree, I behold
Dawn's swallows roosting under huge umbrella-like leaves.
I look around me and discover a leafy dome,
Jaam, Kanthal, Bat, Hijol and Aswatha trees all in a hush,
Shadowing clumps of cactus and zedoary bushes.
When long, long ago, Chand came in his honeycombed boat
To a blue Hijal, Bat Tamal shade near the Champa, he too sighted
Bengal’s incomparable beauty. One day, alas, in the Ganguri,
On a raft, as the waning moon sank on the river’s sandbanks,
Behula too saw countless aswaths bats besides golden ricefields
And heard the thrush’s soft song. One day, arriving in Amara,
Where gods held court, when she danced like a desolate wagtail,
Bengal’s rivers, fields, flowers, wailed like strings of bells on her feet.
Translation of Jibanananda Das's "Banglar Mukh Ami" by Fakrul Alam
āĻŦাংāĻ˛াāĻ° āĻŽুāĻ āĻāĻŽি āĻĻেāĻিāĻ¯়াāĻি
āĻীāĻŦāĻ¨াāĻ¨āĻ¨্āĻĻ āĻĻাāĻ¸
āĻŦাংāĻ˛াāĻ° āĻŽুāĻ āĻāĻŽি āĻĻেāĻিāĻ¯়াāĻি, āĻ¤াāĻ āĻāĻŽি āĻĒৃāĻĨিāĻŦীāĻ° āĻ°ূāĻĒ
āĻুঁāĻিāĻ¤ে āĻ¯াāĻ āĻ¨া āĻāĻ° : āĻ
āĻ¨্āĻ§āĻাāĻ°ে āĻেāĻে āĻāĻ ে āĻĄুāĻŽুāĻ°েāĻ° āĻাāĻে
āĻেāĻ¯়ে āĻĻেāĻি āĻাāĻ¤াāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻĄ়ো āĻĒাāĻ¤াāĻিāĻ° āĻ¨িāĻে āĻŦ'āĻ¸ে āĻāĻে
āĻোāĻ°েāĻ° āĻĻোāĻ¯়েāĻ˛āĻĒাāĻি-āĻাāĻ°িāĻĻিāĻে āĻেāĻ¯়ে āĻĻেāĻি āĻĒāĻ˛্āĻ˛āĻŦেāĻ° āĻ¸্āĻ¤ূāĻĒ
āĻাāĻŽ-āĻŦāĻ-āĻাঁāĻ াāĻ˛েāĻ°-āĻšিāĻāĻ˛েāĻ°-āĻ
āĻļāĻĨেāĻ° āĻ'āĻ°ে āĻāĻে āĻুāĻĒ;
āĻĢāĻŖীāĻŽāĻ¨āĻ¸াāĻ° āĻোāĻĒে āĻļāĻিāĻŦāĻ¨ে āĻ¤াāĻšাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻাāĻ¯়া āĻĒāĻĄ়িāĻ¯়াāĻে!
āĻŽāĻ§ুāĻāĻ° āĻĄিāĻা āĻĨেāĻে āĻ¨া āĻাāĻ¨ি āĻ¸ে āĻāĻŦে āĻাঁāĻĻ āĻāĻŽ্āĻĒাāĻ° āĻাāĻে
āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻ āĻšিāĻāĻ˛-āĻŦāĻ-āĻ¤āĻŽাāĻ˛েāĻ° āĻ¨ীāĻ˛ āĻাāĻ¯়া āĻŦাংāĻ˛াāĻ° āĻ
āĻĒāĻ°ূāĻĒ āĻ°ূāĻĒ
āĻĻেāĻেāĻিāĻ˛ : āĻŦেāĻšুāĻ˛াāĻ āĻāĻāĻĻিāĻ¨ āĻাāĻুāĻĄ়েāĻ° āĻāĻ˛ে āĻেāĻ˛া āĻ¨িāĻ¯়ে-
āĻৃāĻˇ্āĻŖা āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻĻāĻļীāĻ° āĻ্āĻ¯োā§āĻ¸্āĻ¨া āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻ°িāĻ¯়া āĻেāĻে āĻ¨āĻĻীāĻ° āĻāĻĄ়াāĻ¯়-
āĻ¸োāĻ¨াāĻ˛ি āĻ§াāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻĒাāĻļে āĻ
āĻ¸ংāĻ্āĻ¯ āĻ
āĻļ্āĻŦāĻ¤্āĻĨ āĻŦāĻ āĻĻেāĻেāĻিāĻ˛, āĻšাāĻ¯়,
āĻļ্āĻ¯াāĻŽাāĻ° āĻ¨āĻ°āĻŽ āĻাāĻ¨ āĻļুāĻ¨েāĻিāĻ˛ো- āĻāĻāĻĻিāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻŽāĻ°াāĻ¯় āĻিāĻ¯়ে
āĻিāĻ¨্āĻ¨ āĻāĻ্āĻāĻ¨াāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ো āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸ে āĻ¨েāĻেāĻিāĻ˛ো āĻāĻ¨্āĻĻ্āĻ°েāĻ° āĻ¸āĻাāĻ¯়
āĻŦাংāĻ˛াāĻ° āĻ¨āĻĻী āĻŽাāĻ āĻাঁāĻāĻĢুāĻ˛ āĻুāĻুāĻ°েāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ো āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻেঁāĻĻেāĻিāĻ˛ āĻĒাāĻ¯়।
Myths of Bengal
Behula is a legendary folk heroine and one of the main characters of Manasamangal, a medieval epic. She was the daughter of Sayven of Ujaninagar. Lakhindar was the youngest son of Chand Saodagar of Champaknagar. Behula grew up to be a beautiful and intelligent woman and was married to Lakhindar. Chand Saodagar, a devotee of Shiva, had boasted that he was cleverer and stronger than Manasa, the snake goddess. He built an iron chamber for Lakhindar, believing it to be impregnable. However on the wedding night of Behula and Lakhindar, Manasa sent a snake to kill Lakhindar. The snake made itself as fine as a strand of hair and, entering the chamber through a minute hole, bit Lakhindar.
Behula refused to accept her husband's death. She placed her husband's corpse on a banana raft and set out on a hazardous journey towards the abode of the gods. Despite all the dangers and temptations she encountered, Behula continued her journey and finally succeeded in reaching the abode of the gods. She pleaded for her husband's life and promised Manasa that Chand Saodagar would worship her. Moved by Behula's love for her husband, Manasa not only restored Lakhindar but also his brothers whom she had killed earlier.
Behula returned home with her husband and brothers-in-law, and Chand Saodagar finally bowed before the might of Manasa. Lakhindar and Behula then returned to their heavenly abode as Aniruddha and Usa.
Answer the following questions.
(1) What did Behula plead when she succeeded in reaching the abode of the gods? What promise did she make to Manasa?
Answer. Behula reached the abode of gods encountering much hardship and temptation When she reached there, she pleaded for her husband's life. She also made a promise to Manasa that Chand Saodagar would worship her.
(2) What do you know about Chand Saodagar? What happened to his son, Lakhindar when he got married?
Answer. Chand Saodagar lived in Champaknagar. He was a devotee of Shiva. He had boasted that he was cleverer and stronger than Manasa, the snake goddess. He built an iron chamber for Lakhindar, believing it to be impregnable. However on the wedding night of Behula and Lakhindar, Manasa sent a snake to kill Lakhindar. The snake entered the chamber through a minute hole and bit Lakhindar.
(3) Who, according to the passage, is Behula?
Answer. According to the passage, Behula is a legendary foik heroine and one of the main characters of Manasamangal, a medieval epic. She was the daughter of Sayven of Ujaninagar. When she grew up, she was married to Lakhindar, the youngest son of Chand Saodagar of Champaknagar.
(4) What happened to Behula finally?
Answer. Finally moved by Behula's love for her husband, Manasa not only restored Lakhindar but also his brothers whom she had killed earlier. Behula returned home with her husband and brothers-in-law. Afterwards, Lakhindar and Behula returned to their heavenly abode as Aniruddha and Usa.
(5) What did Behula do when she found her husband dead?
Answer. A snake bit Behula's husband, Lakhindar on their wedding night. But when Behula found her husband dead, she refused to accept his death. She placed her husband's corpse on a banana raft and set out on a hazardous journey towards the abode of the gods.
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