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HSC Unit : 14 ; Lesson : 3 The Legend of Gazi

According to some myths and legends, Gazi Pir was a Muslim saint who is said to have spread Islam in the parts of Bengal close to the Sunderbans.

āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻĒā§ŒāĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§€ āĻ“ āĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§€ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§‡, āĻ—āĻžāĻœā§€ āĻĒā§€āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŽā§āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻŋāĻŽ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°āĻŦāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ•āĻŸāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§€ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻžā§āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ‡āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

He was credited with many miracles. For example, he could supposedly calm dangerous animals and make them docile.

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻ…āĻ˛ā§ŒāĻ•āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§‚āĻĒ, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻœā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻ• āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§€āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

He is usually depicted in paats or scroll paintings riding a fierce-looking Bengal tiger, a snake in his hand, but in on apparent danger.

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŸāĻ¸ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻ—ā§āĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§‡āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻ˛ āĻŦāĻžāĻ˜ā§‡ āĻšāĻĄāĻŧā§‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĒ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻā§‡ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻšāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤

According to some stories, he also fought crocodiles who threatened the people of a region full of canals and creeks, indeed, a kind of watery jungle bordering the Bay of Bengal.

āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§‡, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§‡āĻ“ āĻ˛āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ–āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ“ āĻ–āĻžāĻ˛ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ­āĻ°āĻž āĻ…āĻžā§āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻ•ā§‡ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡, āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāĻ¸āĻžāĻ—āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§€āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻ• āĻ§āĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ˛āĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻ¤ āĻœāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻ˛āĨ¤

Because of his alert and vigilant presence, all predatory animals were said to have been kept within bounds.

āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻœāĻžāĻ— āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡, āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§€āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§€āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ°ā§‡āĻ–ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻ—ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

It was also believed that he enabled villagers to live close to forests and jungles and cultivate their lands. Consequently, people of these regions would pray to him for protection.

āĻāĻŸāĻžāĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§€āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻœāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŽ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻĢāĻ˛āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§‚āĻĒ, āĻāĻ‡ āĻ…āĻžā§āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•ā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤

The story of Gazi Pir has been preserved in folk literature as well as art and has performed in indigenous theater.

āĻ—āĻžāĻœā§€ āĻĒā§€āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§€ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻœ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§‡āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŸāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

In fact, some Gazir paat scrolls are part of the collection of the British Museum.

āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ā§‡, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ—āĻžāĻœā§€āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻ˛āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŸāĻŋāĻļ āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ˜āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

1. Myths

2. Legends

3. Spread

4. Credited

5. Miracle

6. Supposedly

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

1./noun/ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ; āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻĨāĻž; āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ•āĻĨāĻž; āĻ—ā§‚āĻĸāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§€; āĻĒā§‡ā§—āĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻĨāĻž;

2./noun/ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ; āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§€; āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāĻž; āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§ā§-āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ā§€; āĻ˛ā§‡āĻžāĻ•āĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§€; āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāĻž;

3./verb/ āĻ›ā§œāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ›ā§œāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§œāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž

4./adjective/ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤;

5./noun/ āĻ†āĻ˛ā§ŒāĻ•āĻŋāĻ• āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ŸāĻ•āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ°

6./adverb/ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§‡; āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨-āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§‡;

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

7. Docile

8. Fierce-looking

9. Apparent

10. Threatened

11. Creeks

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

7. /adj/ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯

8. /adj/ āĻ­ā§ŸāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻ°; āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ ā§āĻ°; āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ

9. /adj/ āĻ†āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋā§ŸāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨
10. /verb/ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨; āĻ­ā§€āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž; āĻ­āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨; āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž; āĻ§āĻŽāĻ• āĻĻā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž;

11. /noun/ āĻ–āĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ; āĻ–āĻžāĻ¤;

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

12. Vigilant

13. Predatory

14. Preserved

15. Indigenous

16. Theatre

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

12. /adj/ āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšāĻ°āĻžāĻ°āĻ¤

13. /adj/ āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻ¨āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§€/ wkKvix

14. /adjective/ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤; āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤; āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤;

15. /adj/ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻœāĻžāĻ¤; āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§€ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§€ā§Ÿ

16. /noun/ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŸā§āĻ¯āĻļāĻžāĻ˛āĻž, āĻ°āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŽāĻžā§āĻš, āĻĨāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻŸāĻžāĻ°