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10, , The, , His Faults, Realised, King, , civilization and bringS peace and, Goodness in all walks of social life builds up, , prosperity. The battles of conscience are won through goodness., , model, king called Brahmadatta. He was the ruler of KashilHe, comfortable. The courts once crowded, ruler He made everyone in his kingdom happy and, need to go to the courts, with people in seach of justice were now deserted. People did not, was, , Once there was a, , a, , because no crimes were committed. Everyone tried to be as good as the king., , Brahmadatta thought, "I have corrected the faults of the government in this kingdom., , Now,, , I must discover my own faults and correct them." He tried to find his own, , faults,, , but in, , the palace he heard nothing but good about himself. He said, "The people of my court are, perhaps afraid to speak ll of me. Let me go outside the palace and find out what the people,, , iving in other parts ofthe city, think about me." But again, he heard nothing but good about, himself.Then he wished to travel around his kingdom in disguise. Here too he could notfind, anybody pointed out his faults), Once he was travelling in a carriage between his kingdom and the neighbouring, Kosala, It so happened that the ruler of Kosala was also travelling in search of people who, , 4English Reader-7
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oint his faults. He also ruled his kingdom, could point, , well. He too had heard, , nothing but, , good, , about himself, , that there, , was, , Thetwo kings met at a place where the road was so narrow, Kosa la, the, king, of, o, each other)As their horses stood still, the charioteer, for them to pass, shouted, "Get your carriage out ofthe way. There is king in this carriage., "Here, too rides a king!" shouted Brahmadatta's charioteer, "Make way., , "This is the great 'King of Kosala", "This is the great King Brahmadatta.", , "Our King belongs to the clan ofthe glorious sun.", "Our king belongs to the clan of the radiant moon., , "Our king has a kingdom three hundred leagues long.", "So has our king.", "Our King is sixty years old", , "So is our King.", "Our King has dug over lakh wells", , "So has ours.", "No one starves in our Kingdom.", "Nor does anybody in ours.", , "Our King wants to find out his faults.", "Our King, too, is travelling to find out his faults.", , puzzled. They were unable to decide which of the Kings was, greater. Brahmadatta's charioteer hit upon an idea. "What are your King's good qualities?, The charioteers, , were, , he asked.", , The charioteer of King Kosala said proudly, "He controls the rough with roughness. He, conquers violence with violence. He is kind to the good and cruel to the bad. He is feared by, one and all.", , "Good heavens!" said the other man. "If these are your king's virtues, what are his, vices?", , The charioteer of the King of Kosala, virtues?" he asked., , was, , amazed. "What then, , English Reader-7, , are, , your, , King's
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C., , D., , 5., , Let me go outside the, , 6., , He, , with roughness., , controls the, , Who said?, 1., , This is the great King, , 2., , Our, , 3., , Our King has dug over lakh well., , 4., , Our King wants to find out his faults., , 5., , He conquers violence with non-violence, , of Kosala., , o6, , of tho y, , Chaniotey, , ko yel, , hanioe, , King belongs to the clan of the radiant moon., , abrr.ad, , Chanioteest n kerals, , Match the following :, B, , A, The, , out of the way., , people of my court., , clan of the glorious sun., , The two king met, , three hundred leagues long., , Get you carriage, Our King belongs to, , Our King has a, , the, , kingdom, He is kind to the good, , and cruel to the bad., , a r e perhaps afraid to speak ill ofme., at a place., , VOCABULARY, Write the opposites ofthe following words in Hindi:, , F., , 1., , social, , 2., , 2, , peace, , 3., , bring, , ., , virtue, , 5., , correct, , 6., , well, , 7., , goodness, , 8., , glorious, , 9., , everyone, , 10., , unable, , Match the words in 'A' with their meaning in 'B':, A, prosperity, , fault, , carriage, , B, vehicle, , pulled by horse or horses, perplexed, home or residence of a, king or quee, , puzzled, , state of being, , virtues, , shortcomings, , palace, , a, , prosperous, , person employed to drive a, , 2English Reader-7, , chario
