MEANINGS
1. noose - a loop with running knot.
2. crest-fallen - dejected.
3. fervently - with great devotion.
4. recite - say.
5. embraced - hugged.
EXERCISE
Questions:
1. Who was Markandeya?
2. What had God said about Markandeya?
3. What did Markandeya do on hearing about his fate?
4. What happened to him at the comple- tion of his sixteenth year? |
