Canto 2: Chapter 3 Quiz English

Q 1. What action is recommended in 2.3.1 when one is preparing for death?

Q 2. Who is being addressed as Manisi (man of highly developed mind)? (2.3.2-2.3.7)

Q 3. Who stated this “Narayana paro vyaktat” (the supreme lord is beyond the material encirclement)?

Q 4. What is the meaning of ‘akamah’ in the verse 2.3.10?

Q 5. Arrange the shloka in the right sequence: A) moksa kama udara dhih
B) yajeta purusam param
C) akamah sarva kamo va
D) tivrena bhakti yogena

Q 6. Kaivalya pantha (the only means of attainment of godhead) begins from which process?

Q 7. In verse 2.3.20 the earholes and the tongue of the person who has not heard or sung the glories of the lord has been compared with that of:

Q 8. One who desires domination over a kingdom or an empire should worship the ______. One who desires victory over an enemy should worship the _______, and one who desires sense gratification should worship the _______. But one who desires nothing of material enjoyment should worship the _______________________.

Q 9. Both by rising and by setting, the sun decreases the duration of life of everyone, except one who utilizes the time by discussing topics of the all-good Personality of Godhead. (2.3.17). What is being said in this verse?

Q 10. ‘Gadagrajah’ (2.3.19) used for the supreme lord Krishna refers to