Textbook Questions And Answers of The Temple and the Body (Vachana) by Basavanna Translator: A.K. Ramanujam Karnataka Board class 10 English poem chap-3

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Textbook Answers of The Temple and the Body (Vachana)

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

Answer briefly the following questions

1. The lines “The rich / will make temples for Siva,” implies that

a. they want to please the lord

b. they can afford to build temples

c. they believe that this is how they can serve God

d. they believe that the temple is the only place to feel the presence of God.

=(c) they believe that this is how they can serve God.

2. Which of the following statements are true?

a. The speaker is against building any structures for worshipping God

b. It’s not possible for the speaker to build a temple.

c. It’s only an excuse given by the speaker for not being able to build a temple.

d. The speaker believes that God is present within ourselves and not in any temple.

=(d) the speaker believes that God is present within ourselves and not in any temple.

3. What are the feelings of the speaker, suggested in the question, “What shall I, a poor man, do?”

a. helplessness

b. doubt

c. humility

d. anger

e. pride.

f. anguish.

=(f) anguish

4. The word “Listen” in the last stanza is

a. an order

b. an appeal

c. a request

d. an advice

=(d) an advice

5. The expression “Things Standing,” suggests

a. any man-made temple

b. anybody who is standing

staticc. anything which is static

d. the human body

=(c) anything which is static.

6. There are two examples of paradox in the last two lines. (A paradox  is a statement containing opposite ideas.)

i) What opposite ideas are suggested in “things standing shall fall?”

=Things standing will fall’ can be deciphered differently. The artist mourns his powerlessness to assemble sanctuaries, subsequently, the expression can allude to sanctuaries that are liable to nature’s wrath and obliteration throughout some time. It can likewise allude to pride and pomposity which can make an individual stand erect before God when he should be bowing before Him. It might likewise imply that static articles that are moved by devotion and dedication, are dependent upon devastation and rot while the heart that is loaded up with commitment is honoured and gets unfading.

ii) What opposite ideas are suggested in “the moving shall eve stay?”

=The moving will remain’ – this expression also can be deciphered from various perspectives. The ‘moving’, i.e., the human heart which is a ‘moving sanctuary’ can’t be obliterated commonly’s wrath not normal for a sanctuary that can be harmed effectively ordinarily, ‘the moving’ can likewise allude to humble creatures who are influenced by dedication and move as indicated by God’s will dissimilar to the ‘static’ that stand erect against God’s desires and get wrecked.

7. What final message do the last two lines convey?

=The poet is reassuring himself that the sanctuary which he could always be unable to build, would any day be demolished, though the ‘moving sanctuary’ that he conveys in his heart would be undying and flawless. The lines can likewise imply that the person who ‘remains’ before God without bowing down to Him, will definitely ‘fall’ or be pulverized, though ‘the moving’, the person who bows down before Him and acts as indicated by His desire, would remain ever. The artist discovers comfort in his unobtrusive conditions and his commitment to God.

Close Study

Read the following extract carefully. Discuss in pairs and then write the answers to the questions given below it.

My legs are pillars, the body of the shrine, the head a cupola of gold.

1. How is the human body compared to a temple?

=The whole body is compared to a temple, with the legs being pillars, the body the shrine with the idol of God secure in the heart, and the head, a cupola of gold with serene thoughts protecting the God in the heart.

2. What is the figure of speech used here?

=Metaphor

3. Why is the speaker comparing the human body to a temple?

=The poet wanted to build a sanctuary like the rich individuals do, and subsequently please God, yet he is extremely poor and can’t do as such. Thus he chooses to regard his own body as a sanctuary with God secure in his heart. – He likewise understands that the sanctuary worked of block and stone can be harmed ordinarily one day, though the ‘moving sanctuary’ in his heart can never be.

 PARAGRAPH WRITING

Discuss in pairs/groups of four each and answer the following question. Note down the important points and then develop the points into a paragraph.

1.What ideas of spirituality emerged from the study of this well known Vachana?

=In this poem, Basavanna discloses to us that a rich man can bear to construct excellent sanctuaries out of appreciation for divine beings, yet helpless man can’t. Notwithstanding, with his commitment, i.e., with unadulterated contemplations, activities, and deeds, he can transform his body into a sanctuary.

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