MP Board Class 9th English Solutions Chapter 10 Kathmandu
MP Board Class 9th English Solutions Chapter 10 Kathmandu
MP Board Class 9th English Solutions Chapter 10 Kathmandu
SUMMARY IN INGLISH
Two Well Known Temples In Kathmandu
The lesson ‘Kathmandu’ is a description of the two well known temples of that city. One is the Pashupatinath temple. The other is the Baudhnath stupa, the Buddhist shrine of Kathmandu.
Pashupatinath Temple In Kath Mandy, Nepal
At Pashupatinath temple, a sign proclaims ‘Entrance for the Hindus only’. There is much crowd and utter chaotic. All sorts of animals roam around through the grounds. There are so many people in it. They are pushing each other to somehow make their way to the Lord. A group of Westerners claims itself to be Hindus. It struggles for permission to come in. But the policeman at the gate is not convinced. Monkeys can be seen quarrel.
Faith About Temple And The River
The sacred Bagmati flows by the side of the temple. It has washerwomen at its banks. There is a small shrine also on the river bank. It appear that half of the shrine is in the river. The other half out of it. The people trust that the whole of the shrine will come out of the river, one day. Then the goddess inside will escape. Then the evil period of Kaliyug will come to an end.
Baudhnath Stupa
There is a sense of stillness at Baudhnath stupa. There is a road running round the temple and Small shops of Tibetan immigrants stand on its outer edge. There are no crowds here.
About Kathmandu Bazaar
Kathmandu is a crowded place. There are deities in the busiest streets. These streets are crowded with fruit vendors, flute vendors, hawkers of postcards etc. The shops sell Western cosmetics, film rolls and chocolate. Film songs can be heard. Car horns play; Cycle bells ring. Stray cows low at people. In the market place, the narrator indulges himself mindlessly. Then, he plans to go back home. He enters a Nepal Airlines office and buys a ticket for Delhi. He comes back to his guest house.
About The Flute Vendor
In a corner of the square near the guest house a flute vendor catches his attention. His carefree style pleases him. He doesn’t sell his flutes like others. They cry to sell their wares. In fact, flute music always attracts him. It reminds him of the commonality of all mankind.
Unlike Flutes And Flute Music.
The flutes follow various cultures. There is no culture that does not have its flute. The deep bansuri is of Hindustani classical music. The flutes of South America are clear and breathy. The Chinese ones are high pitched. The music of the flutes is universal. Its motive force is the breath. It unites all in one single thread of universality.
The Narrator’s Analysis About The ‘Bansuri’
The narrator is affected by the phrases on the bansuri. It amazed him. He returns home after a long absence abroad. He did not think earlier of the characteristic and their significance.
SUMMARY IN HINDI
काठमांडू के दो प्रसिद्ध मंदिर
‘काठमांडू’ नाम का पाठ उस शहर के दो प्रसिद्ध मंदिरो का वर्णन है। एक पशुपतिनाथ मंदिर है। दूसरा बौद्धनाथ स्तूप है जो काठमांडू का बौद्ध मंदिर हैं।
पशुपतिनाथ मंदिर
पशुपतिनाथ मंदिर पर एक बोर्ड लगा है ‘केवल हिंदुओं को प्रवेश की अनुमति है। बड़ी अत्यधिक भीड़ और पूरी अस्तस्तता है। सभी तरह के जानवर हर तरफ भूमि पर विचर रहे हैं। इसमें लोगों की संख्या इतनी अधिक हैं। वे किसी न किसी प्रकार भगवान तक पहुँचने के लिए एक दूसरे को धक्का दे रहे हैं। पश्चिम से आये व्यक्तियों का एक समूह हिंदू होने का दावा करता है। यह अंदर प्रवेश की अनुमति के लिए संघर्ष कर रहा है। परंतु दरवाजे पर खड़े सिपाही को उनकी बात पर विश्वास नहीं होता है बंदरों को लड़ते हुए देखा जा सकता हैं।
इसके और नदी के बारें में धारणा
मंदिर के साथ पवित्र बागमती बहती है। उसके तट पर धोबिनें रहती हैं। नदी के तट पर एक छोटा-सा मंदिर भी है। ऐसा प्रतीत होता है कि आधा मंदिर नदी के अंदर हैं। आधा उसके बाहर है। मान्यता है कि पूरा मंदिर एक दिन नदीं के बाहर आ जायेगा। तब उसके अंदर विराजमान देवी वहाँ से चली जायेगी तब कलियुग के बुरे युग की समाप्ति हो जायेगी।
बौद्धनाथ स्तूप
बौद्धनाथ स्तूप के आस-पास शांति है। मंदिर के चारों ओर सड़क है। इसके बहारी किनारे पर तिब्बती प्रवासियों की छोटी-छोटी दुकानें हैं। यहाँ कहीं भीड़ नहीं है ।
लेखक के काठमांडू बाजार के बारे में विचार
काठमांडू एक भीड़ भरा स्थान है। व्यस्त गलियों में देवी-देवता है। इन गलियों में फल-विक्रेताओं, पोस्टकार्ड के विक्रेताओं, पोस्टकार्ड के विक्रेताओं आदि की भीड़ है। दुकाने पाश्चात्य सौन्दर्य प्रसाधन, फिल्मों की रीलें और चॉकलेट बेचती है। फिल्मों के गाने सुने जा सकते है। कारों के हॉर्न बजते है। साईकलों की घण्टियाँ बजती हैं। आवारा गायें व्यक्तियों पर रंभाती हैं। बाजार में लेखक मुक्त होकर आनंद लेता है। फिर वह पर वापस जाने की योजना बनाता है। वह नेपाल एअरलाइन्स के ऑफिस में जाकर दिल्ली का टिकट खरीदता है। वह अपने होटल में वापस लौटता है।
बाँसुरी विक्रेता के बारे में
होटल के पास चौराहे के एक कोने में खड़ा कोई बाँसुरीवाला उसका ध्यान खींच लेता है। उसका चिंतामुक्त तरीका उसे भा जाता है। वह अपनी बाँसुरियों को दूसरो की तरह नही बेचता है। दूसरे लोग अपनी चीजों को बेचने के लिए चिल्लाते हैं। वास्तव में बाँसुरी का संगीत उसे सदैव आकर्षित करता है। समस्त मानवता की सामान्यता का यह उसे बोध कराता है।
भिन्न-भिन्न बाँसुरियाँ और बाँसुरी का संगीत
कोई भी संस्कृति नही है जिसकी अपनी कोई बाँसुरी न हो। हिन्दुस्तानी शास्त्रीय संगीत की गहरी बाँसुरी है। दक्षिणी अमेरिका की बाँसुरियाँ साफ और साँस फुलाने वाली होती हैं। चीन की ऊँची आवाज वाली होती हैं। बाँसुरियों का संगीत सार्वभौमिक है। सांस ही इसकी प्रेरक शक्ति है। यह सभी को सार्वभौमिकता के एकमात्र ध में पिरोता है।
‘बाँसुरी’ के बारे में लेखक का विश्लेषण
लेखक बाँसुरी के ऊपर कहावतों से प्रभावित होता है। यह उसे आश्चर्यचकित कर देती है। विदेश में एक लम्बी अनुपस्थिति के पश्चात वह देश लौटता है। उसने उनके विवरणों और महत्त्व के बारे में पहले नहीं सोचा था।
TEXTBOOK EXERCISES
THINKING ABOUT THE TEXT
Ans. Route is shown by dotted line
-Kathmandu to Patna by bus and train
-Patna to Allahabad by boat/Ganges
-Allahabad to Delhi by boat/Yamuna
2. Find out the possible routes (by rail, road or air) from Kathmandu to New Delhi/Mumbai/Kolkata/Chennai.
Ans. For self-attempt. Students may take the Atlas of the country and see or find themselves the air, road routes are :
By Road
1. Kathmandu – Viranagar – Patna
2. Kathmandu – Nepalganj – Lucknow – Delhi
By Rail
Patna – Delhi
Patna – Kolkata
Patna – Allahabad – Mumbai
Patna – Khadagpur – Chennai
Gorakhpur – Delhi
Gorakhpur – Varanasi – Kolkata
Gorakhpur – Allahabad – Mumbai
Gorakhpur – Allahabad – Nagpur – Chennai
I. Answer these questions in one or two words or in short phrases.
Q.1. Name the two temples the narrator visited in Kathmandu.
Ans. These two temples are: Pashupatinath and Baudhnath stupa.
Q.2. The writer says, “All this I wash down with Coca Cóla.” What does ‘all this’ refer to ?
Ans. It is refer to corn-on-the-cob and marzipan.
Q.3. What does Vikram Seth compare to the quills of a porcupine?
Ans. He compares flutes tied on the top of the flute vendor’s pole to the quills of a porcupine.
Q.4. Name five kinds of flutes.
Ans. These are the reed neh, the recorder, the Japanese shakuhachi, the deep bansuri, the breathy flutes of South America, the high-pitched Chinese flutes.
II. Answer each question in a short paragraph word limit about 30-40 words:
Q.1. What Difference does the narrator note between the flute vendor and the other hawkers ?
Or
What is the difference between the behaviour of the flute vendor and that of the other hawkers ? (CBSE)
Ans. The narrator sees the difference in how they are sold. Other vendors cry out their wares to sell. But the flute vendor sells his wares in an off-handed way.
Q.2. What is the faith at Pashupatinath about the end of Kaliyug ?
Ans. It is that when the small shrine on Bagmati river comes out fully, the goddess inside will escape. Then the Kaliyug will end on the earth.
Q.3. The narrator has drawn powerful images and pictures. Pick out three examples each of:
(i) the atmosphere of ‘febrile confusion’ outside the temple of Pashupatinath (for example: some people trying to get the priest’s attention are elbowed aside…)
(ii) the things he sees
(iii) the sounds he hears.
Ans. (i) Monkeys quarrel among themselves. They jump on to a shivalinga. They run round the temples. They make a noise and show their teeth. Priests, hawkers, devotees, cows, pigeons, dogs roam here and there.
(ii) The narrator sees people, animals and birds roaming here and there. A princess of the Nepalese royal house appears. All bow and make way. He also sees a party of saffron-clad Westerners. They struggle to enter the temple.
(iii) He hears the sounds of songs. Cows low and vendors shout out their wares. He hears these sounds. He finds the flute sound of the flute vendor sweet and melodious.
III. Answer the following questions in not more than 100-150 words each.
Q.1. Compare and contrast the atmosphere in and around the Baudhnath shrine with the Pashupatinath temple. (CBSE)
Or
How does Vikram Seth find the atmospherein and around the Baudhnath stupa quite in contrast to that of the Pashupatinath shrine ?
Ans. The atmosphere in and around Baudhnath shrine offers a contrast to that of the Pashupatinath temple. At Pashupatinath, the atmosphere is of febrile confusion. But at Baudhnath stupa there is stillness. At the road outside the Pashupatinath temple, it is all disorder and disquiet. Some people try to enter the temple. A policeman stops them. He sees that they are not Hindus. Monkeys fight and chase each other here. One monkey jumps on to a shivalinga. Then he runs screaming around the temples. The river Bagmati flows below the temple. The old offerings of flowers and leaves are dropped into it. On the other hand, the big dome of Baudhnath stupa is ringed by a road. But there are no crowds there.
Q.2. How does the narrator describe Kathmandu’s busiest streets ? (CBSE)
Or
What observations does the narrator. make about the Kathmandu bazaar ?
Ans. The streets of Kathmandu are full of life.. These are full of small shops and vendors. They sell things of tourists’ interest. There are fruit vendors, flute vendors, hawkers of picture postcards and shops. These shops sell Western cosmetics. There are other shops also there. From them you can get film rolls and chocolates, or copper utensils and Nepalese antiques.
There is much noise. Radios blare out film music, car horns sound and bicycle bells ring. Stray cows low here. Vendors shout out their wares. The narrator bought a roasted corn-cob from the pavement. He also bought a sweet dish, an orange drink and coca-cola. In fact, the bazaar is like a fair.
Q.3. “To hear any flute is to be drawn into the commonality of all mankind.” Why does the narrator say this ? (V. Imp.)
Ans. The narrator says so due to various reasons. For him or for anybody flute music is the most universal. It is also the most particular of sounds. The flute vendor doesn’t sell one type of flutes only. Every culture has its own flute. They are different from each other. The flute vendor does not shout out his wares. He simply plays different tunes on his flute. When he plays, the sound affects each and everyone. It touches everyone’s heart. So that way the narrator is drawn into the commonality of all mankind.
THINKING ABOUT LANGUAGE
I. Read the following sentences carefully to understand the meaning of the italicised phrases. Then match the phrasal verbs in Column A with their meanings in Column B.
1. A communal war broke out when the princess was abducted by the neighbouring prince.
2. The cockpit broke off from the plane during the plane crash.
3. The car broke down on the way and we were left stranded in the jungle.
4. The dacoit broke away from the police as they took him to court.
5. The brothers broke up after the death of the father..
6. The thief broke into our house when we were away.
II. Use the suffixes -ion or -tion to form nouns from the following verbs. Make the necessary changes in the spellings of the words.
Example : proclaim-proclamation
cremate ______ act _____
exhaust ______
invent ______ tempt ____
immigrate ______
direct ______ meditate ____
imagine ______
dislocate ______ associate ____
dedicate ______
Ans. cremation action exhaustion
invention temptation immigration
direction meditation imagination
dislocation association dedication
Q.2. Now fill in the blanks with suitable words from the ones that you have formed.
(i) Mass literacy was possible only after the _____ of the printing machine.
(ii) Ramesh is unable to tackle the situation as he lacks ______
(iii) I could not resist the_____to open the letter.
(iv) Hardwork and _____ are the main keys to success.
(v) The children were almost fainting with _____after being made to stand in the sun.
Ans. (i) invention (ii) imagination (iii) temptation (iv) dedication (v) exhaustion.
III. Punctuation
Use capital letters, full stops, question marks, commas and inverted commas wherever necessary in the following paragraph.
an arrogant lion was wandering through the jungle one day he asked the tiger who is stronger than you you o lion replied the tiger who is more fierce than a leopard asked the lion you sir replied the leopard he marched upto an elephant and asked the same question the elephant picked him up in his trunk swung him in the air and threw him down look said the lion there is no need to get mad just because you don’t know the answer
Ans. An arrogant lion was wandering through the jungle one day. He asked the tiger, “Who is stronger than you ?” “You,O ! lion,” replied the tiger. “Who is more fierce than a leopard?” asked the lion. “You, sir,” replied the leopard. He marched up to an elephant and asked the same question. The elephant picked him up in his trunk, swung him in the air and threw him down. “Look”, said the lion, “there is no need to get mad just because you don’t know the answer.”
IV. Simple present tense
See the Textbook on Page 134
Q.1. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
(i) The heart is a pump that ____ (send) the blood circulating through our body. The pumping action_____ (take place) when the left ventricle of the heart _____ (contract). This _____ (force) the blood out into the arteries, which _____ (expand) to receive the oncoming blood.
(ii) The African lungfish can live without water for up to four years. During a drought it_____ (dig) apitand_____ (enclose) itself in a capsule of slime and earth, leaving a tiny opening for air. The capsule _____ (dry) and ______ (harden), but when rain (come), the mud ____ (dissolve) and the lungfish _____ (swim) away.
(iii) Mahesh: We have to organise a class party for our teacher. _____ (Do) anyone play an instrument ?
Vipul : Rohit ______ (play) the flute
Mahesh : _______ (Do) he also act ?
Vipui : No, he _____ (compose) music.
Mahesh : That’s wonderful!
Ans. (i) sends, takes place, contracts, forces, expands
(ii) digs, encloses, dries, hardens, comes, dissolves, swims
(iii) Does, plays, Does, composes.
WRITING
I. Diary entry for a travelogue
The text you read is a travelogue where the narrator, Vikram Seth, talks about his visit to two sacred places in Kathmandu.
Imagine that you were with Vikram Seth on his visit to Pashupatinath temple, and you were noting down all that you saw and I did there, so that you could write a travelogue later.
Record in point form
what you see when you reach the Pasupatinath temple .
what you see happening inside the temple
what you do when inside the temple
what you see outside the temple
what your impressions are about the place.
Ans. Things seen at the Pashupatinath temple
Asignproclaiming: ‘Entrance for the Hindus only’. Priests, hawkers, devotees, tourists, cows, monkeys, pigeons, dogs roam about, a crowd of worshippers.
What is happening inside the temple
Many worshippers. People getting priest’s attention elbowed out. A princess of Nepalese royal house appears. Saffron-clad Westerners try to enter. Policeman. Monkeys fight. Jump onto a shivalinga.
What you do when inside the temple
No such description or reference.
What you see outside the temple
Bagmati seen flowing. A corpse is being cremated. Washer women work and children bathe. A basket of flowers and leaves dropped into the river.
What your impressions are about the place
Place most sacred for the Hindus. Worshippers don’t mind the crowd. They jostle their way inside. They don’t mind even when jostled. Place presents a scene of a big market where everything sells.
II. Here is your diary entry when you visited Agra. Read the points and try to write a travelogue describing your visit to Agra and the Taj Mahal. You may add more details.
January 2003-rise before dawntake the Shatabdi Express at 6.15 a.m. from Delhi-meet a newly-married couple on train-talk about Himachal Pradesh-get off the train-enter the once-grand city, Agra-twisted alleystraffic dense-rickshaws, cars, people-vendors selling religious artifacts, plastic toys, spices and sweets-go to the Taj Mahal-constructed entirely of white marble-magical quality-colour changes with varying of light and shadow -marble gemstones insidewith reflection of the Taj Mahal in the pondschool-children, tourists-tourist guides following people.
Ans. It was January 2003. I rose before dawn and got ready to catch the Shatabdi Express at 6.15 am from Delhi. I met a newly-married couple on the train They talked about Himachal Pradesh. I got off the train at Agra. It was a strange experience to move in the twisted alleys of Agra, once-grand city. The traffic was dense with rickshaws, cars, pedestrians, vendors selling religious artifacts, plastic toys, spices and sweets. At last, I reached the Taj Mahal. It is really a dream made physical. It has its own magical quality. It has been constructed entirely of white marble. It has got a strange effect on the onlooker. The marble changes colours with varying of light and shadow. The marble inside is inlaid with gemstones. The pond has the reflection of the Taj Mahal. There was a big crowd of school children, tourists etc, followed by the tourist guides to make quick bucks.
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