Ncert english solutions footprint without feet class 10 Solutions for Chapter 18 the sermon at benares

Exercises in Chapter 18 the sermon at benares Grade 10

Thinking about the Text

Questions in Thinking about the Text

Read the excerpt and answer the question below:

Kisa Gotami had an only son, and he died. In her grief she carried the dead child to all her neighbours, asking them for medicine, and the people said, “She has lost her senses. The boy is dead.”

When her son dies, Kisa Gotami goes from house to house. What does she ask for? Does she get it? Why not?

Choose all the correct options.

Read the excerpt and answer the question below:

Poor Kisa Gotami now went from house to house, and the people pitied her and said, “Here is mustardseed; take it!” But when she asked, “Did a son or daughter, a father or mother, die in your family?” they answered her, “Alas! the living are few, but the dead are many. Do not remind us of our deepest grief.” And there was no house but some beloved one had died in it.

Kisa Gotami again goes from house to house after she speaks with the Buddha. What does she ask for, the second time around? Does she get it? Why not?

Choose all the correct options.