7.સ્વાધ્યાય જવાબો – Kach & Devyani

🙋 સ્વાધ્યાય જવાબો –
Kach & Devyani

Q1. How were the asurs?

A. The asurs were powerful and capable of all kinds of wickedness.

Q2. What did Guru Shukracharya know?

A. Guru Shukracharya knew the magic mantra for bringing the dead people back to life.

Q3. What did Brihaspati advise the Devs to do?

A. Brihaspati advised the Devs to send somebody to Shukracharya to learn the Sanjivani Vidya.

Q4. What did Kach request Guru Shukracharya?

A. Kach requested Guru Shukracharya to accept him as a student and teach him the Sanjivani Vidya.

Q5. Which qualities of Kach attracted Devyani towards him?

A. Kach was young, handsome, and intelligent – these qualities attracted Devyani.

Q6. What did Shukracharya advise Devyani not to do?

A. Shukracharya advised Devyani not to grieve or cry or distress herself for a mortal like Kach.

Q7. Why did Devyani curse Kach?

A. Devyani cursed Kach because he refused to marry her, and she felt betrayed.

Q8. Why could the Devs not defeat the Asurs?

A. The Asurs had Shukracharya who knew the magic mantra to revive the dead. He restored many dead Asurs, so the Devs couldn’t defeat them.

Q9. What kind of work did Shukracharya assign to Kach?

A. He asked Kach to collect flowers for prayers, firewood for yajna, and take care of cows – grazing them and bringing them back.

Q10. What did the Asurs do after failing to kill Kach twice?

A. The Asurs burnt Kach's body, mixed his ashes in divine wine, and gave it to Shukracharya so he couldn’t be revived.

Q11. What did Devyani urge Kach? How did he respond?

A. Devyani urged Kach to marry her. He refused, saying they were like siblings since both emerged from Shukracharya.

Q12. Why did Kach say he couldn’t marry Devyani?

A. Kach came out from Shukracharya’s stomach after being revived. So, he said marrying Devyani would be a sin since she was like his sister.