Read the following passage and Answer the questions given below:
Here is how the poet describes Kannagi’s grief:
“O witness of my grief, you cannot console me. Is it right that your body, fairer than pure gold, lies unwashed here in the dust? Is it just that in the red glow of the twilight, your handsome chest, framed with a flower wreath, lies thrown down on the bare earth, while I remain alone, helpless and abandoned to despair? Is there no god? Is there no god in this country? Can there be a god in a land where the sword of the king is used for the murder of innocent strangers? Is there no god, no god?”1. This passage is extracted from which epic?
2. This epic was written in which language?
3. Who composed this epic?
4. Why was Kannagi full of grief?

Question

Read the following passage and Answer the questions given below:
Here is how the poet describes Kannagi’s grief:
“O witness of my grief, you cannot console me. Is it right that your body, fairer than pure gold, lies unwashed here in the dust? Is it just that in the red glow of the twilight, your handsome chest, framed with a flower wreath, lies thrown down on the bare earth, while I remain alone, helpless and abandoned to despair? Is there no god? Is there no god in this country? Can there be a god in a land where the sword of the king is used for the murder of innocent strangers? Is there no god, no god?”1.	This passage is extracted from which epic?
2.	This epic was written in which language?
3.	Who composed this epic?
4.	Why was Kannagi full of grief?

Accepted Answer

Answer: 

This passage is extracted from the famous epic
This epic was written in Tamil.
This epic was composed by a poet Ilango.
Kannagi was full of grief because the king sentenced her husband to death.

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