Class-8 English Reader (Special), Lesson-18 Work is Worship / M.P. Board
Lesson-18
Work is Worship
Glossary
Incense- A substance that produces a sweet smell when burnt
Tattered- Old and torn; in bad condition
Chant- to sing or shout that same words again and again
Bead- a small round ball of wood, glass etc with a hole through it, so
that it may be put on a string or wire
Garment- a piece of clothing
Mantle- a loose piece of clothing without sleeve worn by monastics which
is joined at the neck and
extends to the floor
Meditation- the practice of thinking deeply in
silence especially for religious regions
Stained- having durty marks that are difficult to remove
Sweat- perspiration
Toil- to work very hard
Till- to prepare and use land
Dost- do
Thou- you
Thine- yours
Thy- your
Thee- you
Tiller- a person who turns over soil
Telling of beads- using beads in a rosary in
counting prayers
Sumary-
The
poet Rabindranath Tagore advises the priests to give up their counting of
beads, chanting, flowers, meditations, holy robe and incense. He urges them to
stop worshiping of God in a scheduled corner of the temple. He says that God
lives where the humble and down-trodden like tiller and path maker works in sun
and rain.
He
glorifies the life of the humble labourer and rejects the ascetic way of life.
Listen and Repeat
Listen to the poem carefully and write the words from the poem
that rhyme with the words given below:
only
- holy
killer - tiller
oil
- toil
bye
- thy
but
- shut
run
- sun
some
- come
Word Power
(A)
Rearrange the jumbled letters to form meaningful words from the
poem.
sprwoih
|
worship
|
ntemla
|
mantle
|
rgnemta
|
garment
|
ermpahkta
|
pathmaket
|
cnesine
|
incense
|
tedsain
|
stained
|
(B)
Choose the correct words and rewrite the following paragraph:
Our
Principle/ Principal is a man of/off Principals / principles and a great/grate
scholar. He meets/meats some of the students and teachers himself once a week/weak
to ensure regular teaching.
Ans- Our Principal is a man of principles and a great scholar. He meets
some of the students and teachers himself once a week to ensure regular teaching.
Comprehension
Answer the following questions:
Q1.
What does the poet want us to leave and why?
Ans- Poet wants us to leave worshipping of
God in a scheduled corner, counting of beads, chanting, flowers, meditations,
holy robe and incense to find him.
Q2.
What does the poet mean by ‘Open thine eyes’.
Ans- By ‘Open thine eyes’ poet wants us to
awake, stop finding God in ritualistic way because we can find Him on the dusty
soil where tillers and pathmakers works in rain and sun.
Q3.
‘Thy God is not before the’. Where can we find Him according to
the poet?
Ans- We can find Him on the dusty soil
where tillers work hard and path makers break stones in rain and sun.
Q4.
What, according to the poet, is the ultimate aim of man?
Ans- According to the poet, the ultimate aim
of the man is to seek God by performing the duties assigned by him.
Q5.
What message does the poet want to convey through this poem?
Ans- Through this poem, the poet glorifies
the labour and says that work is worship.
Explain the following lines:
Lonely dark corner of a temple
With doors all shut? Open thine
eyes and see thy God is not before thee
In these lines poet says, “Whom do you
worship in a scheduled corner of temple with closed doors? It is time to open
your eyes and see that God is really not before you.”
Read the following lines and
answer the questions that follow:
“Put off the holy mantle and evne like Him
come down on the dusty soil!”
Q.1 Who is the speaker?
Ans- Poet Rabindranath Tagore is the
speaker.
Q.2 Who is he asking to put off the holy
mantle?
Ans- Poet is asking the priest to put off
the holy mantle.
Q.3 Who does ‘Him’ refer to?
Ans- ‘Him’ refers to the God.
Let’s Read
Read the following story carefully:
Once a woman was standing in the balcony
of her house. She was holding her baby in her arms.
As she was looking below, the baby slipped out of her hands. Down below
there was a heavy traffic on the road. Buses, trucks, cars and scooters were
passing by. The mother ran down for help. She cried but could not find her baby
anywhere.
People on the road wondered, “Where did the baby go?” They asked her to
report to the police.
A truck carrying cushions and pillows stopped near a shop. A baby’s cry
came from the back of the truck. The baby was lying on the topmost cushion,
sucking its thumb.
“Look, a baby here!,” shouted the truck driver. “How did he get in?”.
everyone wondered. Soon the baby was handed over to the police. The police took
the baby to its mother. The mother was over joyed and she thanked the police.
Who saved the baby’s life, the truck driver or the police? Surely, it
was the unseen hand of God.
We should always have faith in God and His goodness.
Now answer the questions:
Q.1 Where was the woman standing?
Ans- Woman was standing in the balcony of
her house.
Q.2 What made the people wonder?
Ans- The baby was nowhere. This made the
people wonder.
Q.3 How was the baby saved?
Ans- The baby fell on the topmost cushion
of a truck carrying cushions and pillows and thus saved.
Q.4 Who saved the baby’s life?
Ans- The unseen hand of God saved the baby’s
life.
Q.5 Who guards us from dangers?
Ans- The God guards us from dangers.
Fill in the blanks with
suitable words, choosing from these given below
police, over joyed, slipped, topmost
cushion
|
1.
The
baby slipped out of the mother’s hand.
2.
People
asked the woman to report to the police.
3.
The
baby was lying on the topmost cushion.
4.
The
mother was over joyed and she thanked the police.
Say whether the following
statements are true or False:
1.
Once
a woman was sitting in the balcony of her home. False
2.
There
was no traffic on the road. False
3.
The
baby was lying on the topmost cushion and sucking its thumb. True
4.
The
police took the baby to its father. False
Let’s Write
Use the information given
below and write a brief note about Rabindranath Tagore.
- born in
the year 1861 (Kolkata)
- eminent
Bengali poet, essayist, composer and fiction writer
- his best
known work in Gitanjali, a volume of spiritual poetry
- won Nobel
prize for literature in 1931
- in 199,
established a university named Vishwa Bharti
Rabindranath Tagore was born in the year 1861 in Kolkata. He was
an eminent Bengali poet, essayist, composer and fiction writer. His best known
work is Gitanjali which is a volume of spiritual poetry. He won Nobel prize for
literature in 1913. In 1919, he established a university named Vishwa Bharti.
Let’s do it
Read
a story with the moral ‘Work is Worship’ and tell it in your class.
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