CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Gautama Buddha asks Kisa Gotami to procure a handful of mustard seeds from a house where death has never knocked at the door.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Buddha wanted the grieving woman to learn a lesson. So, he asked her to bring a handful of mustard seeds from a family. The mustard-seed must be taken from a house where no one had lost a child, a husband or a friend. Poor Gotami went from house to house begging for a handful of mustard seeds.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Buddha told her that he could bring the child back to life if she could find white mustard seeds from a family where no one had died. She desperately went from house to house, but to her disappointment, she could not find a house that had not suffered the death of a family member.

Detailed explanation-4: -Buddha asked her to bring a handful of mustard seeds from a house where no death had occurred. But she could not find such a house. The Buddha told Kisa Gotami that the life of mortals is troubled and brief. Those who are born can’t avoid dying.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ans. Kisa Gotami wandered from house to house to get a handful of mustard seeds but could not find it. She realized that death is common to all. All living beings have to die.