Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

As soon as Krishna learnt of the events at Hastinapura, the game of dice and the exile of the Pandavas, he set out for the forest where the Pandavas, were living. Along with Krishna went many, including men of the Bhoja and Vrishni tribes, Dhrishtaketu, the king of Chedi country, and the Kekayas, who were all devoted to the Pandavas.
They were filled with righteous indignation when they heard of Duryodhana’s perfidy and cried out that surely the earth would drink the blood of such wicked people. Draupadi approached Sri Krishna and, in a voice drowned in tears and broken with sobs, told the story of her wrongs.
She said: “I was dragged to the assembly when I had but a single garment on my body. The sons of Dhritarashtra insulted me most outrageously and gloated over my agony. They thought that I had become their slave and accosted me and treated me as one. Even Bhishma and Dhritarashtra forgot my birth and breeding and my relationship to them. O Janardhana. Even my husbands did not protect me from the jeers and the ribald insult of those foul ruffians. Bhima’s bodily strength and Arjuna’sGandiva were alike of no avail. Under such supreme provocation even weaklings would have found strength and courage to strike the vile insulter dead. The Pandavas are renowned heroes hand yet Duryodhana lives! I, the daughter-in-law of the emperor Pandu, was dragged by my hair. I, the wife of five heroes, was dishonoured. O Madhusudana, even you had deserted me.” She stood trembling, utterly unable to continue, for the grief convulsed her.
Krishna was deeply moved and he consoled the weeping Draupadi. He said: “Those who tormented you will be stricken to death in the bloody quagmire of a lost battle. Wipe your eyes. I solemnly promise that your grievous wrongs shall be amply avenged. I shall help the Pandavas in every way. You will become an empress. The heavens may fall, the Himalayas may split in twain, the earth may crumble or the boundless sea may dry up-but, I tell you verily, my words shall stand. Swear this,” and Krishna took a solemn vow before Draupdi.
This vow, it will be seen, was in perfect accord with the purpose of the Lord’s avatars, as declared in scriptures: “For protecting the righteous, for destroying the wicked and for firmly upholding the law, I am born on earth age after age.”
Dhrishtadyumna also consoled his sister and told her how nemesis would overtake the Kauravas. He said: “I will kill Drona. Shikhandi will cause Bhishma’s fall. Bhima will take the lives of the wicked Duryodhana and his brothers. Arjuna will slay Karna, the charioteer’s son.”
Sri Krishana said: “When this calamity befell you, I was not in Dwaraka. Had I been there, I would never have allowed this fraudulent game of dice to take place. Uninivited, I would have gone there and stirred up Drona, Kripa and the other elders to a sense of duty. I would at all costs, have prevented this destructive play of dice. When Sakuni was cheating vou. I was fighting King Salva, who had besieged my city. It was only after I had defeated him that I came to know of the game of dice and the subsequent sordid story. Immediately but you know, some water must be lost before a broken dam is restored.”

Why was Krishna unable to prevent the destructive game of dice?

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

As soon as Krishna learnt of the events at Hastinapura, the game of dice and the exile of the Pandavas, he set out for the forest where the Pandavas, were living. Along with Krishna went many, including men of the Bhoja and Vrishni tribes, Dhrishtaketu, the king of Chedi country, and the Kekayas, who were all devoted to the Pandavas.
They were filled with righteous indignation when they heard of Duryodhana’s perfidy and cried out that surely the earth would drink the blood of such wicked people. Draupadi approached Sri Krishna and, in a voice drowned in tears and broken with sobs, told the story of her wrongs.
She said: “I was dragged to the assembly when I had but a single garment on my body. The sons of Dhritarashtra insulted me most outrageously and gloated over my agony. They thought that I had become their slave and accosted me and treated me as one. Even Bhishma and Dhritarashtra forgot my birth and breeding and my relationship to them. O Janardhana. Even my husbands did not protect me from the jeers and the ribald insult of those foul ruffians. Bhima’s bodily strength and Arjuna’sGandiva were alike of no avail. Under such supreme provocation even weaklings would have found strength and courage to strike the vile insulter dead. The Pandavas are renowned heroes hand yet Duryodhana lives! I, the daughter-in-law of the emperor Pandu, was dragged by my hair. I, the wife of five heroes, was dishonoured. O Madhusudana, even you had deserted me.” She stood trembling, utterly unable to continue, for the grief convulsed her.
Krishna was deeply moved and he consoled the weeping Draupadi. He said: “Those who tormented you will be stricken to death in the bloody quagmire of a lost battle. Wipe your eyes. I solemnly promise that your grievous wrongs shall be amply avenged. I shall help the Pandavas in every way. You will become an empress. The heavens may fall, the Himalayas may split in twain, the earth may crumble or the boundless sea may dry up-but, I tell you verily, my words shall stand. Swear this,” and Krishna took a solemn vow before Draupdi.
This vow, it will be seen, was in perfect accord with the purpose of the Lord’s avatars, as declared in scriptures: “For protecting the righteous, for destroying the wicked and for firmly upholding the law, I am born on earth age after age.”
Dhrishtadyumna also consoled his sister and told her how nemesis would overtake the Kauravas. He said: “I will kill Drona. Shikhandi will cause Bhishma’s fall. Bhima will take the lives of the wicked Duryodhana and his brothers. Arjuna will slay Karna, the charioteer’s son.”
Sri Krishana said: “When this calamity befell you, I was not in Dwaraka. Had I been there, I would never have allowed this fraudulent game of dice to take place. Uninivited, I would have gone there and stirred up Drona, Kripa and the other elders to a sense of duty. I would at all costs, have prevented this destructive play of dice. When Sakuni was cheating vou. I was fighting King Salva, who had besieged my city. It was only after I had defeated him that I came to know of the game of dice and the subsequent sordid story. Immediately but you know, some water must be lost before a broken dam is restored.”

Why did the sons of Dhritarashtra insult Draupadi?

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

As soon as Krishna learnt of the events at Hastinapura, the game of dice and the exile of the Pandavas, he set out for the forest where the Pandavas, were living. Along with Krishna went many, including men of the Bhoja and Vrishni tribes, Dhrishtaketu, the king of Chedi country, and the Kekayas, who were all devoted to the Pandavas.
They were filled with righteous indignation when they heard of Duryodhana’s perfidy and cried out that surely the earth would drink the blood of such wicked people. Draupadi approached Sri Krishna and, in a voice drowned in tears and broken with sobs, told the story of her wrongs.
She said: “I was dragged to the assembly when I had but a single garment on my body. The sons of Dhritarashtra insulted me most outrageously and gloated over my agony. They thought that I had become their slave and accosted me and treated me as one. Even Bhishma and Dhritarashtra forgot my birth and breeding and my relationship to them. O Janardhana. Even my husbands did not protect me from the jeers and the ribald insult of those foul ruffians. Bhima’s bodily strength and Arjuna’sGandiva were alike of no avail. Under such supreme provocation even weaklings would have found strength and courage to strike the vile insulter dead. The Pandavas are renowned heroes hand yet Duryodhana lives! I, the daughter-in-law of the emperor Pandu, was dragged by my hair. I, the wife of five heroes, was dishonoured. O Madhusudana, even you had deserted me.” She stood trembling, utterly unable to continue, for the grief convulsed her.
Krishna was deeply moved and he consoled the weeping Draupadi. He said: “Those who tormented you will be stricken to death in the bloody quagmire of a lost battle. Wipe your eyes. I solemnly promise that your grievous wrongs shall be amply avenged. I shall help the Pandavas in every way. You will become an empress. The heavens may fall, the Himalayas may split in twain, the earth may crumble or the boundless sea may dry up-but, I tell you verily, my words shall stand. Swear this,” and Krishna took a solemn vow before Draupdi.
This vow, it will be seen, was in perfect accord with the purpose of the Lord’s avatars, as declared in scriptures: “For protecting the righteous, for destroying the wicked and for firmly upholding the law, I am born on earth age after age.”
Dhrishtadyumna also consoled his sister and told her how nemesis would overtake the Kauravas. He said: “I will kill Drona. Shikhandi will cause Bhishma’s fall. Bhima will take the lives of the wicked Duryodhana and his brothers. Arjuna will slay Karna, the charioteer’s son.”
Sri Krishana said: “When this calamity befell you, I was not in Dwaraka. Had I been there, I would never have allowed this fraudulent game of dice to take place. Uninivited, I would have gone there and stirred up Drona, Kripa and the other elders to a sense of duty. I would at all costs, have prevented this destructive play of dice. When Sakuni was cheating vou. I was fighting King Salva, who had besieged my city. It was only after I had defeated him that I came to know of the game of dice and the subsequent sordid story. Immediately but you know, some water must be lost before a broken dam is restored.”

Why were Draupadi’s husbands helpless to protect her from the insults of wicked sons of Dhritarashtra?

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

As soon as Krishna learnt of the events at Hastinapura, the game of dice and the exile of the Pandavas, he set out for the forest where the Pandavas, were living. Along with Krishna went many, including men of the Bhoja and Vrishni tribes, Dhrishtaketu, the king of Chedi country, and the Kekayas, who were all devoted to the Pandavas.
They were filled with righteous indignation when they heard of Duryodhana’s perfidy and cried out that surely the earth would drink the blood of such wicked people. Draupadi approached Sri Krishna and, in a voice drowned in tears and broken with sobs, told the story of her wrongs.
She said: “I was dragged to the assembly when I had but a single garment on my body. The sons of Dhritarashtra insulted me most outrageously and gloated over my agony. They thought that I had become their slave and accosted me and treated me as one. Even Bhishma and Dhritarashtra forgot my birth and breeding and my relationship to them. O Janardhana. Even my husbands did not protect me from the jeers and the ribald insult of those foul ruffians. Bhima’s bodily strength and Arjuna’sGandiva were alike of no avail. Under such supreme provocation even weaklings would have found strength and courage to strike the vile insulter dead. The Pandavas are renowned heroes hand yet Duryodhana lives! I, the daughter-in-law of the emperor Pandu, was dragged by my hair. I, the wife of five heroes, was dishonoured. O Madhusudana, even you had deserted me.” She stood trembling, utterly unable to continue, for the grief convulsed her.
Krishna was deeply moved and he consoled the weeping Draupadi. He said: “Those who tormented you will be stricken to death in the bloody quagmire of a lost battle. Wipe your eyes. I solemnly promise that your grievous wrongs shall be amply avenged. I shall help the Pandavas in every way. You will become an empress. The heavens may fall, the Himalayas may split in twain, the earth may crumble or the boundless sea may dry up-but, I tell you verily, my words shall stand. Swear this,” and Krishna took a solemn vow before Draupdi.
This vow, it will be seen, was in perfect accord with the purpose of the Lord’s avatars, as declared in scriptures: “For protecting the righteous, for destroying the wicked and for firmly upholding the law, I am born on earth age after age.”
Dhrishtadyumna also consoled his sister and told her how nemesis would overtake the Kauravas. He said: “I will kill Drona. Shikhandi will cause Bhishma’s fall. Bhima will take the lives of the wicked Duryodhana and his brothers. Arjuna will slay Karna, the charioteer’s son.”
Sri Krishana said: “When this calamity befell you, I was not in Dwaraka. Had I been there, I would never have allowed this fraudulent game of dice to take place. Uninivited, I would have gone there and stirred up Drona, Kripa and the other elders to a sense of duty. I would at all costs, have prevented this destructive play of dice. When Sakuni was cheating vou. I was fighting King Salva, who had besieged my city. It was only after I had defeated him that I came to know of the game of dice and the subsequent sordid story. Immediately but you know, some water must be lost before a broken dam is restored.”

What was Krishna’s vow to Draupadi?

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

As soon as Krishna learnt of the events at Hastinapura, the game of dice and the exile of the Pandavas, he set out for the forest where the Pandavas, were living. Along with Krishna went many, including men of the Bhoja and Vrishni tribes, Dhrishtaketu, the king of Chedi country, and the Kekayas, who were all devoted to the Pandavas.
They were filled with righteous indignation when they heard of Duryodhana’s perfidy and cried out that surely the earth would drink the blood of such wicked people. Draupadi approached Sri Krishna and, in a voice drowned in tears and broken with sobs, told the story of her wrongs.
She said: “I was dragged to the assembly when I had but a single garment on my body. The sons of Dhritarashtra insulted me most outrageously and gloated over my agony. They thought that I had become their slave and accosted me and treated me as one. Even Bhishma and Dhritarashtra forgot my birth and breeding and my relationship to them. O Janardhana. Even my husbands did not protect me from the jeers and the ribald insult of those foul ruffians. Bhima’s bodily strength and Arjuna’sGandiva were alike of no avail. Under such supreme provocation even weaklings would have found strength and courage to strike the vile insulter dead. The Pandavas are renowned heroes hand yet Duryodhana lives! I, the daughter-in-law of the emperor Pandu, was dragged by my hair. I, the wife of five heroes, was dishonoured. O Madhusudana, even you had deserted me.” She stood trembling, utterly unable to continue, for the grief convulsed her.
Krishna was deeply moved and he consoled the weeping Draupadi. He said: “Those who tormented you will be stricken to death in the bloody quagmire of a lost battle. Wipe your eyes. I solemnly promise that your grievous wrongs shall be amply avenged. I shall help the Pandavas in every way. You will become an empress. The heavens may fall, the Himalayas may split in twain, the earth may crumble or the boundless sea may dry up-but, I tell you verily, my words shall stand. Swear this,” and Krishna took a solemn vow before Draupdi.
This vow, it will be seen, was in perfect accord with the purpose of the Lord’s avatars, as declared in scriptures: “For protecting the righteous, for destroying the wicked and for firmly upholding the law, I am born on earth age after age.”
Dhrishtadyumna also consoled his sister and told her how nemesis would overtake the Kauravas. He said: “I will kill Drona. Shikhandi will cause Bhishma’s fall. Bhima will take the lives of the wicked Duryodhana and his brothers. Arjuna will slay Karna, the charioteer’s son.”
Sri Krishana said: “When this calamity befell you, I was not in Dwaraka. Had I been there, I would never have allowed this fraudulent game of dice to take place. Uninivited, I would have gone there and stirred up Drona, Kripa and the other elders to a sense of duty. I would at all costs, have prevented this destructive play of dice. When Sakuni was cheating vou. I was fighting King Salva, who had besieged my city. It was only after I had defeated him that I came to know of the game of dice and the subsequent sordid story. Immediately but you know, some water must be lost before a broken dam is restored.”

Which of the following is not the purpose of avatars of Lord as declared in the scriptures?

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

As soon as Krishna learnt of the events at Hastinapura, the game of dice and the exile of the Pandavas, he set out for the forest where the Pandavas, were living. Along with Krishna went many, including men of the Bhoja and Vrishni tribes, Dhrishtaketu, the king of Chedi country, and the Kekayas, who were all devoted to the Pandavas.
They were filled with righteous indignation when they heard of Duryodhana’s perfidy and cried out that surely the earth would drink the blood of such wicked people. Draupadi approached Sri Krishna and, in a voice drowned in tears and broken with sobs, told the story of her wrongs.
She said: “I was dragged to the assembly when I had but a single garment on my body. The sons of Dhritarashtra insulted me most outrageously and gloated over my agony. They thought that I had become their slave and accosted me and treated me as one. Even Bhishma and Dhritarashtra forgot my birth and breeding and my relationship to them. O Janardhana. Even my husbands did not protect me from the jeers and the ribald insult of those foul ruffians. Bhima’s bodily strength and Arjuna’sGandiva were alike of no avail. Under such supreme provocation even weaklings would have found strength and courage to strike the vile insulter dead. The Pandavas are renowned heroes hand yet Duryodhana lives! I, the daughter-in-law of the emperor Pandu, was dragged by my hair. I, the wife of five heroes, was dishonoured. O Madhusudana, even you had deserted me.” She stood trembling, utterly unable to continue, for the grief convulsed her.
Krishna was deeply moved and he consoled the weeping Draupadi. He said: “Those who tormented you will be stricken to death in the bloody quagmire of a lost battle. Wipe your eyes. I solemnly promise that your grievous wrongs shall be amply avenged. I shall help the Pandavas in every way. You will become an empress. The heavens may fall, the Himalayas may split in twain, the earth may crumble or the boundless sea may dry up-but, I tell you verily, my words shall stand. Swear this,” and Krishna took a solemn vow before Draupdi.
This vow, it will be seen, was in perfect accord with the purpose of the Lord’s avatars, as declared in scriptures: “For protecting the righteous, for destroying the wicked and for firmly upholding the law, I am born on earth age after age.”
Dhrishtadyumna also consoled his sister and told her how nemesis would overtake the Kauravas. He said: “I will kill Drona. Shikhandi will cause Bhishma’s fall. Bhima will take the lives of the wicked Duryodhana and his brothers. Arjuna will slay Karna, the charioteer’s son.”
Sri Krishana said: “When this calamity befell you, I was not in Dwaraka. Had I been there, I would never have allowed this fraudulent game of dice to take place. Uninivited, I would have gone there and stirred up Drona, Kripa and the other elders to a sense of duty. I would at all costs, have prevented this destructive play of dice. When Sakuni was cheating vou. I was fighting King Salva, who had besieged my city. It was only after I had defeated him that I came to know of the game of dice and the subsequent sordid story. Immediately but you know, some water must be lost before a broken dam is restored.”

Choose the word/group of words which isMOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

Gloated 

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

As soon as Krishna learnt of the events at Hastinapura, the game of dice and the exile of the Pandavas, he set out for the forest where the Pandavas, were living. Along with Krishna went many, including men of the Bhoja and Vrishni tribes, Dhrishtaketu, the king of Chedi country, and the Kekayas, who were all devoted to the Pandavas.
They were filled with righteous indignation when they heard of Duryodhana’s perfidy and cried out that surely the earth would drink the blood of such wicked people. Draupadi approached Sri Krishna and, in a voice drowned in tears and broken with sobs, told the story of her wrongs.
She said: “I was dragged to the assembly when I had but a single garment on my body. The sons of Dhritarashtra insulted me most outrageously and gloated over my agony. They thought that I had become their slave and accosted me and treated me as one. Even Bhishma and Dhritarashtra forgot my birth and breeding and my relationship to them. O Janardhana. Even my husbands did not protect me from the jeers and the ribald insult of those foul ruffians. Bhima’s bodily strength and Arjuna’sGandiva were alike of no avail. Under such supreme provocation even weaklings would have found strength and courage to strike the vile insulter dead. The Pandavas are renowned heroes hand yet Duryodhana lives! I, the daughter-in-law of the emperor Pandu, was dragged by my hair. I, the wife of five heroes, was dishonoured. O Madhusudana, even you had deserted me.” She stood trembling, utterly unable to continue, for the grief convulsed her.
Krishna was deeply moved and he consoled the weeping Draupadi. He said: “Those who tormented you will be stricken to death in the bloody quagmire of a lost battle. Wipe your eyes. I solemnly promise that your grievous wrongs shall be amply avenged. I shall help the Pandavas in every way. You will become an empress. The heavens may fall, the Himalayas may split in twain, the earth may crumble or the boundless sea may dry up-but, I tell you verily, my words shall stand. Swear this,” and Krishna took a solemn vow before Draupdi.
This vow, it will be seen, was in perfect accord with the purpose of the Lord’s avatars, as declared in scriptures: “For protecting the righteous, for destroying the wicked and for firmly upholding the law, I am born on earth age after age.”
Dhrishtadyumna also consoled his sister and told her how nemesis would overtake the Kauravas. He said: “I will kill Drona. Shikhandi will cause Bhishma’s fall. Bhima will take the lives of the wicked Duryodhana and his brothers. Arjuna will slay Karna, the charioteer’s son.”
Sri Krishana said: “When this calamity befell you, I was not in Dwaraka. Had I been there, I would never have allowed this fraudulent game of dice to take place. Uninivited, I would have gone there and stirred up Drona, Kripa and the other elders to a sense of duty. I would at all costs, have prevented this destructive play of dice. When Sakuni was cheating vou. I was fighting King Salva, who had besieged my city. It was only after I had defeated him that I came to know of the game of dice and the subsequent sordid story. Immediately but you know, some water must be lost before a broken dam is restored.”

Choose the word/group of words which isMOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

Accosted

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

As soon as Krishna learnt of the events at Hastinapura, the game of dice and the exile of the Pandavas, he set out for the forest where the Pandavas, were living. Along with Krishna went many, including men of the Bhoja and Vrishni tribes, Dhrishtaketu, the king of Chedi country, and the Kekayas, who were all devoted to the Pandavas.
They were filled with righteous indignation when they heard of Duryodhana’s perfidy and cried out that surely the earth would drink the blood of such wicked people. Draupadi approached Sri Krishna and, in a voice drowned in tears and broken with sobs, told the story of her wrongs.
She said: “I was dragged to the assembly when I had but a single garment on my body. The sons of Dhritarashtra insulted me most outrageously and gloated over my agony. They thought that I had become their slave and accosted me and treated me as one. Even Bhishma and Dhritarashtra forgot my birth and breeding and my relationship to them. O Janardhana. Even my husbands did not protect me from the jeers and the ribald insult of those foul ruffians. Bhima’s bodily strength and Arjuna’sGandiva were alike of no avail. Under such supreme provocation even weaklings would have found strength and courage to strike the vile insulter dead. The Pandavas are renowned heroes hand yet Duryodhana lives! I, the daughter-in-law of the emperor Pandu, was dragged by my hair. I, the wife of five heroes, was dishonoured. O Madhusudana, even you had deserted me.” She stood trembling, utterly unable to continue, for the grief convulsed her.
Krishna was deeply moved and he consoled the weeping Draupadi. He said: “Those who tormented you will be stricken to death in the bloody quagmire of a lost battle. Wipe your eyes. I solemnly promise that your grievous wrongs shall be amply avenged. I shall help the Pandavas in every way. You will become an empress. The heavens may fall, the Himalayas may split in twain, the earth may crumble or the boundless sea may dry up-but, I tell you verily, my words shall stand. Swear this,” and Krishna took a solemn vow before Draupdi.
This vow, it will be seen, was in perfect accord with the purpose of the Lord’s avatars, as declared in scriptures: “For protecting the righteous, for destroying the wicked and for firmly upholding the law, I am born on earth age after age.”
Dhrishtadyumna also consoled his sister and told her how nemesis would overtake the Kauravas. He said: “I will kill Drona. Shikhandi will cause Bhishma’s fall. Bhima will take the lives of the wicked Duryodhana and his brothers. Arjuna will slay Karna, the charioteer’s son.”
Sri Krishana said: “When this calamity befell you, I was not in Dwaraka. Had I been there, I would never have allowed this fraudulent game of dice to take place. Uninivited, I would have gone there and stirred up Drona, Kripa and the other elders to a sense of duty. I would at all costs, have prevented this destructive play of dice. When Sakuni was cheating vou. I was fighting King Salva, who had besieged my city. It was only after I had defeated him that I came to know of the game of dice and the subsequent sordid story. Immediately but you know, some water must be lost before a broken dam is restored.”

Choose the word/group of words which isMOST SIMILAR in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

Tormented 

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

As soon as Krishna learnt of the events at Hastinapura, the game of dice and the exile of the Pandavas, he set out for the forest where the Pandavas, were living. Along with Krishna went many, including men of the Bhoja and Vrishni tribes, Dhrishtaketu, the king of Chedi country, and the Kekayas, who were all devoted to the Pandavas.
They were filled with righteous indignation when they heard of Duryodhana’s perfidy and cried out that surely the earth would drink the blood of such wicked people. Draupadi approached Sri Krishna and, in a voice drowned in tears and broken with sobs, told the story of her wrongs.
She said: “I was dragged to the assembly when I had but a single garment on my body. The sons of Dhritarashtra insulted me most outrageously and gloated over my agony. They thought that I had become their slave and accosted me and treated me as one. Even Bhishma and Dhritarashtra forgot my birth and breeding and my relationship to them. O Janardhana. Even my husbands did not protect me from the jeers and the ribald insult of those foul ruffians. Bhima’s bodily strength and Arjuna’sGandiva were alike of no avail. Under such supreme provocation even weaklings would have found strength and courage to strike the vile insulter dead. The Pandavas are renowned heroes hand yet Duryodhana lives! I, the daughter-in-law of the emperor Pandu, was dragged by my hair. I, the wife of five heroes, was dishonoured. O Madhusudana, even you had deserted me.” She stood trembling, utterly unable to continue, for the grief convulsed her.
Krishna was deeply moved and he consoled the weeping Draupadi. He said: “Those who tormented you will be stricken to death in the bloody quagmire of a lost battle. Wipe your eyes. I solemnly promise that your grievous wrongs shall be amply avenged. I shall help the Pandavas in every way. You will become an empress. The heavens may fall, the Himalayas may split in twain, the earth may crumble or the boundless sea may dry up-but, I tell you verily, my words shall stand. Swear this,” and Krishna took a solemn vow before Draupdi.
This vow, it will be seen, was in perfect accord with the purpose of the Lord’s avatars, as declared in scriptures: “For protecting the righteous, for destroying the wicked and for firmly upholding the law, I am born on earth age after age.”
Dhrishtadyumna also consoled his sister and told her how nemesis would overtake the Kauravas. He said: “I will kill Drona. Shikhandi will cause Bhishma’s fall. Bhima will take the lives of the wicked Duryodhana and his brothers. Arjuna will slay Karna, the charioteer’s son.”
Sri Krishana said: “When this calamity befell you, I was not in Dwaraka. Had I been there, I would never have allowed this fraudulent game of dice to take place. Uninivited, I would have gone there and stirred up Drona, Kripa and the other elders to a sense of duty. I would at all costs, have prevented this destructive play of dice. When Sakuni was cheating vou. I was fighting King Salva, who had besieged my city. It was only after I had defeated him that I came to know of the game of dice and the subsequent sordid story. Immediately but you know, some water must be lost before a broken dam is restored.”

Choose the word/group of words which isMOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

Convulsed 

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As soon as Krishna learnt of the events at Hastinapura, the game of dice and the exile of the Pandavas, he set out for the forest where the Pandavas, were living. Along with Krishna went many, including men of the Bhoja and Vrishni tribes, Dhrishtaketu, the king of Chedi country, and the Kekayas, who were all devoted to the Pandavas.
They were filled with righteous indignation when they heard of Duryodhana’s perfidy and cried out that surely the earth would drink the blood of such wicked people. Draupadi approached Sri Krishna and, in a voice drowned in tears and broken with sobs, told the story of her wrongs.
She said: “I was dragged to the assembly when I had but a single garment on my body. The sons of Dhritarashtra insulted me most outrageously and gloated over my agony. They thought that I had become their slave and accosted me and treated me as one. Even Bhishma and Dhritarashtra forgot my birth and breeding and my relationship to them. O Janardhana. Even my husbands did not protect me from the jeers and the ribald insult of those foul ruffians. Bhima’s bodily strength and Arjuna’sGandiva were alike of no avail. Under such supreme provocation even weaklings would have found strength and courage to strike the vile insulter dead. The Pandavas are renowned heroes hand yet Duryodhana lives! I, the daughter-in-law of the emperor Pandu, was dragged by my hair. I, the wife of five heroes, was dishonoured. O Madhusudana, even you had deserted me.” She stood trembling, utterly unable to continue, for the grief convulsed her.
Krishna was deeply moved and he consoled the weeping Draupadi. He said: “Those who tormented you will be stricken to death in the bloody quagmire of a lost battle. Wipe your eyes. I solemnly promise that your grievous wrongs shall be amply avenged. I shall help the Pandavas in every way. You will become an empress. The heavens may fall, the Himalayas may split in twain, the earth may crumble or the boundless sea may dry up-but, I tell you verily, my words shall stand. Swear this,” and Krishna took a solemn vow before Draupdi.
This vow, it will be seen, was in perfect accord with the purpose of the Lord’s avatars, as declared in scriptures: “For protecting the righteous, for destroying the wicked and for firmly upholding the law, I am born on earth age after age.”
Dhrishtadyumna also consoled his sister and told her how nemesis would overtake the Kauravas. He said: “I will kill Drona. Shikhandi will cause Bhishma’s fall. Bhima will take the lives of the wicked Duryodhana and his brothers. Arjuna will slay Karna, the charioteer’s son.”
Sri Krishana said: “When this calamity befell you, I was not in Dwaraka. Had I been there, I would never have allowed this fraudulent game of dice to take place. Uninivited, I would have gone there and stirred up Drona, Kripa and the other elders to a sense of duty. I would at all costs, have prevented this destructive play of dice. When Sakuni was cheating vou. I was fighting King Salva, who had besieged my city. It was only after I had defeated him that I came to know of the game of dice and the subsequent sordid story. Immediately but you know, some water must be lost before a broken dam is restored.”

Choose the word/group of words which isMOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

Besieged