पाठ 5: द समिट विदिन

TEXT BOOK QUESTIONS

Working with the Text :

Q. 1. Answer the following questions. (निम्न प्रश्नों का उत्तर दें)

(i) What are the three qualities that played a major role in the author's climb?

वे तीन गुण कौनसे हैं जिन्होंने लेखक की चढ़ाई में मुख्य भूमिका निभाई?

Ans. Endurance, persistence and will power are the three qualities that played a major role in the author's climb.

सहनशक्ति, कृत संकल्पता व इच्छा शक्ति वे तीन गुण हैं जिन्होंने लेखक की चढ़ाई में मुख्य भूमिका निभाई।

(ii) Why is adventure, which is risky, also pleasurable?

रोमांच, जो कि खतरनाक है, सुखप्रद क्यों होता है?

Ans. The adventure, which is risky, is also pleasurable because man takes delight in overcoming obstacles. After having done something adventurous, man feels the sense of battle fought and won. Man has the feeling of victory and happiness.

रोमांच, जो कि खतरनाक है, सुखप्रद भी होता है क्योंकि बाधाओं को पार करने में मानव को आनंद आता है। कुछ रोमांचकारी करने के उपरान्त, मानव में युद्ध लड़ने व जीतने का भाव आता है। मानव में विजय व उल्लास की भावना उत्पन्न होती है।

(iii) What was it about Mount Everest that the author found irresistible?

माउंट एवरेस्ट के बारे में यह क्या था (अर्थात् वह कौनसी बात थी) जिसे लेखक ने अप्रतिरोधय पाया?

Ans. The beauty, aloofness, might, ruggedness and the difficulties encountered on the way of Mount Everest were the features that the author found irresistible.

सुंदरता, एकांतता, विषममता, ऊबड़-खाबड़ स्थिति और मार्ग में कठिनाइयों से होने वाला सामना माउंट एवरेस्ट की वे विशेषताएँ जिसे लेखक ने अप्रतिरोध्य पाया।

(iv) One does not do it (climb a high peak) for fame alone. What does one do it for, really?

एक व्यक्ति इसे (एक ऊँची चोटी पर चढ़ना) अकेले प्रसिद्धि के लिए नहीं करता है। एक व्यक्ति इसे वास्तव में किसके लिए करता है?

Ans. Really, one climbs a high peak for the satisfaction of a deep urge to rise above one's surroundings and for reaching a fuller knowledge of oneself.

वास्तव में एक व्यक्ति अपने परिवेश से ऊपर उठने की गहन लालसा की संतुष्टि के लिए व स्वयं के बारे में पूर्ण ज्ञान तक पहुँचने के लिए ऊँची चोटी पर चढ़ता है।

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(v) "He becomes conscious in a special manner of his own smallness in this large universe." This awareness defines an emotion mentioned in the first paragraph. Which is the emotion?

"वह इस विशाल विश्व में अपनी स्वयं की लघुता पर एक विशेष रूप में सतर्क हो जाता है।" यह जागरूकता प्रथम पैराग्राफ में एक भाव के रूप में व्यक्त की गई है। यह कौनसा भाव है?

Ans. The emotion mentioned in the first paragraph is 'humility'.

जो भावना प्रथम पैराग्राफ में व्यक्त की गई है वह 'विनम्रता' है।

(vi) What were the "symbols of reverence" left by members of the team on Everest?

दल के सदस्यों द्वारा एवरेस्ट पर छोड़े गए सम्मान के प्रतीक कौनसे थे?

Ans. A picture of Guru Nanak, a picture of Goddess Durga, and a relic of the Buddha were the 'symbols of reverence' left by members of the team on Everest.

गुरु नानक की एक तस्वीर, देवी दुर्गा का एक चित्र व भगवान बुद्ध का एक अवशेष वे सम्मान के प्रतीक थे जो एवरेस्ट पर दल के सदस्यों द्वारा छोड़े गए थे।

(vii) What, according to the writer, did his experience as an Everester teach him?

लेखक के अनुसार, उसके एवरेस्ट विजेता होने के अनुभव ने उसे क्या शिक्षा दी?

Ans. According to the writer, his experience as an Everester taught him to face life's ordeals resolutely.

लेखक के अनुसार, उसके एवरेस्ट विजेता के रूप में अनुभव ने उसे जीवन की अग्निपरीक्षाओं का दृढ़ता से सामना करने की शिक्षा दी।

Q. 2. Write a sentence against each of the following statements. Your sentence should explain the statement. You can pick out sentences from the text and rewrite them. The first one has been done for you.

निम्न कथनों में प्रत्येक के आगे एक वाक्य लिखें। आपका वाक्य कथन को स्पष्ट करना चाहिए। आप मूल पाठ से वाक्य चुन सकते हैं व उनको पुनः लिख सकते हैं। प्रथम कथन आपके लिए किया गया है।

(i) The experience changes you completely.

Ans. One who has been to the mountains is never the same again.

Ans. The beauty and majesty of mountains pose a great challenge. They are a means of communion with God.

(iv) The going was difficult but the after-effects were satisfying.

Ans. You wonder why you ever undertook the ascent. It teaches you much about the world and about yourself.

(v) The physical conquest of a mountain is really a spiritual experience.

Ans. The experience is not merely physical. It is emotional. It is spiritual. It changes you completely.

Working with Language:

Q. 1. Fill in the blanks in the following dialogues choosing suitable phrases from those given in the box.

बॉक्स में दिये गये उचित वाक्यांश को चुनकर निम्न संवाद में दिये गये रिक्त स्थानों को भरिए—

at hand at once at all at a low ebb at

first sight

(i) *Teacher* : You were away from school without permission. Go to the Principal ........................ and submit your explanation.

*Pupil* : Yes, Madam. But would you help me write it first?

(ii) *Arun* : Are you unwell?

*Ila* : No, not ..................... Why do you ask?

*Arun* : If you were unwell, I would send you to my uncle.

He is a doctor.

(iii) *Mary* : Almost every Indian film has an episode of love .............. .

*David* : Is that what makes them so popular in foreign countries?

(iv) *Asif* : You look depressed. Why are your spirits ...... today?

Of all the emotions which surged through me as I stood on the summit of Everest, looking over miles of panorama below us, the dominant one I think was humility. The physical in me seemed to say, 'Thank God, it's all over!' However, instead of being jubilant, there was a tinge of sadness. Was it because I had already done the 'ultimate' in climbing and there would be nothing higher to climb and all roads hereafter would lead down?

By climbing the summit of Everest you are overwhelmed by a deep sense of joy and thankful it. It is a joy which lasts a lifetime. The experience changes you completely. The man who has been to the mountains is never the same again.

Questions :

1. (i) Which emotion was the dominant on the summit of Everest?

एवरेस्ट के शिखर पर कौनसा भाव प्रबल था?

(ii) Why was there a tinge of sadness?

वहाँ उदासी का भाव क्यों था?

(iii) By what was the author overwhelmed?

किस बात से लेखक अभिभूत था?

2. (i) How long does this joy last?

यह आनंद कितना लम्बा चलता है?

(ii) What is the impact of this experience?

इस अनुभव का क्या प्रभाव होता है?

(iii) Write the opposite words from the passage for the following words :

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Answers :

1. (i) The emotion of humility was the dominant one.

*नम्नता का भाव प्रबल था।*

(ii) It was so because nothing higher was left to climb. All roads here after would lead down.

*ऐसा इसलिए था क्योंकि अब चढ़ाई करने के लिए कुछ उच्चतर नहीं बचा था। यहाँ से सभी रास्ते नीचे की तरफ ले जाएँगे।*

(iii) The author was overwhelmed by a deep sense of joy and thankfulnes.

*लेखक, आनन्द तथा आभार की गहन भावना से अभिभूत था।*

2. (i) This joy lasts a lifetime.

*यह आनन्द जीवनभर चलता है।*

(b) sadness

Passage : 2

All these thoughts led me to question myself as to why people climb mountains. It is not easy to answer the question. The simplest answer would be, as others have said, "Because it is there." It presents great difficulties. Man takes delight in overcoming obstacles. The obstacles in climbing a mountain are physical. A climb to a summit means endurance, persistence and will-power. The demonstration of these physical qualities is not doubt exhilarating, as it was for me also.

I have a more personal answer to the question. From my childhood I have been attracted by mountains. I had been miserable, lost, when away from mountains, in the plains. Mountains are nature at its best. Their beauty and majesty pose a great challenge, and like many, I believe that mountains are a means of communion with God.

Questions :

1. (i) Which question does the narrator ask himself?

*कौनसा प्रश्न वर्णकर्त्ता स्वयं से पूछता है?*

(ii) In what does man take delight?

*मानव को किसमें आनन्द आता है?*

(iii) What, according to the narrator, a climb to a summit mean?

*वर्णकर्त्ता के अनुसार एक शिखर पर चढ़ाई का क्या मतलब है?*

2. (i) Since when has the narrator been attracted by mountains?

*वर्णकर्त्ता को कब से पर्वतों द्वारा आकृष्ट किया गया है?*

(ii) What does the narrator believe about mountains?

*वर्णकर्त्ता पर्वतों के बारे में क्या विश्वास करता है?*

(iii) Write the opposite words from the passage for the following words :

(a) difficult

(b) worst

Answers :

1. (i) The narrator asks himself why people climb mountains.

*वर्णकर्त्ता स्वयं से पूछता है कि लोग पर्वतों पर क्यों चढ़ते हैं।*

(ii) Man takes delight in overcoming obstacles.

*बाधाओं को जीतने में मानव को आनंद आता है।*

(iii) A climb to a summit means endurance, persistence and will-power.

*एक शिखर पर चढ़ाई का अर्थ धैर्य/सहनशक्ति, दृढ़ता तथा इच्छाशक्ति/मनोबल है।*

2. (i) The narrator has been attracted by mountains since childhood.

*वर्णकर्त्ता को पर्वतों द्वारा बचपन से ही आकृष्ट किया गया है।*

(ii) About mountains, the narrator believes that these are a means of communion with God.

*पर्वतों के बारे में वर्णकर्त्ता का विश्वास है कि ये भगवान से एकात्म होने का एक साधन है।*

(iii) (a) easy

(b) best

Passage : 3

Once having granted this, the question remains : Why Everest? Because it is the highest, the mightiest and has defined many previous attempts. It takes the last ounce of one's energy. It is a brutal struggle with rock and ice. Once taken up, it cannot be given up halfway even when one's life is at stake. The passage back is as difficult as the passage onwards. And then,

Looking back I find that I have not yet fully explained why I climbed Everest. It is like answering a question why you breathe. Why do you help your neighbour? Why do you want to do good acts? There is no final answer possible.

And then there is the fact that Everest is not just a physical climb. The man who has been to the mountain-top becomes conscious in a special manner of his own smallness is this large universe.

The physical conquest of a mountain is only one part of the achievement. There is more to it than that. It is followed by a sense of fulfilment. There is the satisfaction of a deep urge to rise above one's surroundings. It is the eternal love for adventure in man. The experience is not merely physical. It is emotional. It is spiritual.

Questions :

1. (i) What has he not fully explained?

किसका उसने सम्पूर्ण स्पष्टीकरण नहीं दिया है?

(ii) What is not just a physical climbing?

क्या चीज केवल भौतिक चढ़ाई ही नहीं है?

(iii) Identify and write one word for the following sentences:

(a) a natural elevation of earth's surface higher than a hill.

M....................

(b) an activity with danger such as climbing etc.

A....................

2. (i) What is the satisfaction of a deep urge?

एक गहरी चाह का संतोष क्या है?

(ii) What does the narrator say about experience?

वर्णनकर्त्ता अनुभव के बारे में क्या कहता है?

(iii) Find out the word from the passage which means 'only':

Answers :

1. (i) He has not fully explained why he climbed mountains.

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उसने इस बात का पूर्ण स्पष्टीकरण नहीं दिया |

कि उसने पर्वत शिखर पर चढ़ाई क्यों की।

2. (i) To rise above one's surroundings is the

satisfaction of a deep urge.

अपने परिवेश से ऊँचा उठाना ही एक गहरी याद

का संतोष है।

Passage : 5

The experience of having climbed to the summit

changes you completely.

There is another summit. It is within yourself. It

is in your own mind. Each man carries within

himself his own mountain peak. He must climb

it to reach to a fuller knowledge of himself. It is

fearful, and unscalable. It cannot be climbed by

anyone else. You yourself have to do it. The

physical act of climbing to the summit of a

mountain outside is akin to the act of climbing

the mountain within. The effects of both the

climbs are the same. Whether the mountain you

climb is physical or emotional and spiritual, the

climb will certainly change you. It teaches you

much about the world and about yourself.

I venture to think that my experience as an

Everester has provided me with the inspiration

to face life's ordeals resolutely. Climbing the

mountain was a worthwhile experience. The

conquest of the internal summit is equally

worthwhile. The internal summits are, perhaps,

higher than Everest.

Questions :

1. (i) What is the impact of climbing a summit?

एक शिखर पर चढ़ने का प्रभाव क्या होता है?

(ii) Which is the other summit?

दूसरा शिखर कौनसा है?

(iii) Identify and write one word for the following sentences :

(a) severe trials or experiences.

O......................

(b) related to religious matters.

S......................

2. (i) What do both climbs teach you?

दोनों चढ़ाई आपको क्या सिखाती है?

(ii) What inspiration does he get as an Everester?

एक एवरेस्ट के रूप में उसे क्या प्रेरणा मिली?

(iii) Find out the word from the passage which means ‘motivation’ :

Part 2: Chapter Summary & Hindi Translation (Notes)

5. The Summit Within

( आन्तरिक शिखर )

— *H. P. S. Ahluwalia*

> ### आपके पढ़ने से पूर्व :

> मेजर एच. पी. एस. अहलूवालिया 1965 में माउंट एवरेस्ट के प्रथम सफल भारतीय अभियान दल के सदस्य थे। जब वे विश्व के उच्चतम बिंदु पर खड़े हुए तब उन्होंने कैसी अनुभूति की? आइए उनकी कहानी उनके ही शब्दों में सुनते हैं—पर्वत शिखर पर चढ़ना और, फिर, इससे भी अधिक कठिन कार्य है आन्तरिक शिखर पर चढ़ना।

कठिन शब्दार्थ एवं हिन्दी अनुवाद

Of all the emotions.........................................................................no easier to climb. (Page 72)

कठिन शब्दार्थ : emotions (इमोशन्ज) = भावनाएँ, surged (सर्ज्ड) = उमड़ी, through me (थ्रू मी) = मेरे अंदर, summit (समिट) = शिखर, miles (माइल्ज़) = मीलों, panorama (पैनोरमा) = परिदृश्य, dominant (डॉमिनॅन्ट) = प्रमुख, humility (ह्यूमिलिटि) = विनयशीलता, however (हाउएवॅर) = फिर भी, instead of (इस्टेड ऑव) = की बजाय, being (बीइंग) = होने के, jubilant (जूबिलॅन्ट) = आनंदविभोर, tinge (टिन्ज) = किसी रंग या मनोभाव का हलका पुट/आभायुक्त, sadness\* (सैडनॅस) = उदासी, ultimate (अल्टिमेट) = सबसे बड़ा/सबसे ऊँची चढ़ाई, climbing (क्लाइम्बिग) = चढ़ाई, overwhelmed (ओर्व्हेल्म्ड) = अभिभूत होना, lasts (लास्ट्स) = चलता है, lifetime (लाइफटाइम) = जीवनभर, experience (इक्सपिअरिअन्स) = अनुभव, changes (चेन्जिज) = परिवर्तन कर देता है, completely (कम्पलीटलि) = पूर्ण रूप से, mountains (माउटॅन्ज) = पर्वत, remarking (रिमाकिंग) = उल्लेख करना, formidable (फोमिडॅबल) = विकट।

* Heavenly bodies (आकाशीय पिंडों) के साथ हम 'the' (article) का प्रयोग करते हैं, जैसे—the sun, the moon, the star, the earth आदि।

* विशेषण (adjectives) में ness लगाने पर संज्ञा (noun) बन जाता है, जैसे—, , आदि।

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*I love to rise in a summer morn,*

*When the birds sing on every tree;*

*The distant huntsman winds his horn,*

*And the skylark sings with me.*

*Oh! what sweet company.*

*But to go to school in a summer morn,*

*O! it drives all joy away;*

*Under a cruel eye outworn,*

*The little ones spend the day,*

*In sighing and dismay.*

1. (i) What does the school boy love to?

विद्यालयी बालक क्या पसन्द करता है?

वह क्या चीज है जो उसके सारे आनन्द को दूर भगा देती है?

2. (i) How do the little ones spend the day?

छोटे बालक अपना दिन कैसे व्यतीत करते हैं?

Answers :

1. (i) The school boy loves to rise in a summer morn.

विद्यालयी बालक ग्रीष्म ऋतु की सुबह जल्दी उठना पसन्द करता है।

ग्रीष्म ऋतु में सुबह विद्यालय जाना उसके सारे हर्ष को दूर कर देता है।

2. (i) The little ones spend the day in sighing and dismay.

छोटे बालक अपना दिन आह भरते हुए व व्याकुलता में निकालते हैं।

Extract : 2

*Ah! then at times I drooping sit,*

*And spend many an anxious hour.*

*Nor in my book can I take delight,*

*Nor sit in learning's bower;*

*Worn thro' with the dreary shower.*

*How can the bird that is born for joy,*

*Sit in a cage and sing.*

*How can a child when fears annoy,*

*But droop his tender wing,*

*And forget his youthful spring.*

1. (i) Who can't take delight in the book?

पुस्तक में कौन आनन्द नहीं ले सकता है?

पक्षी के बारे में क्या विरोधात्मक बात की गई है?

2. (i) When does the boy droop his tender wing?

बालक अपने कोमल पंख कब झुका लेता है?

(ii) Write a set of rhyming words from the passage :

गद्यांश से तुकान्त शब्दों का एक जोड़ा लिखिए।

(iii) Write the opposite words from the passage for the following words :

Answers :

1. (i) The school boy can't take delight in the book.

विद्यालयी बालक पुस्तक में खुशी प्राप्त नहीं कर सकता है।

एक पिंजरे के पक्षी से गाने की आशा करना विरोधात्मक बात है।

2. (i) The boy droops his tender wing when fears annoy him.

बालक अपने कोमल पंख तब झुका लेता है जब भय उसे व्याकुल करते हैं।

(b) joy

[Type-II]

Extract : 3

*O! Father and Mother, if buds are nip'd,*

*And blossoms blown away,*

72 — Sanjiv All-in-One

*And if the tender plants are strip'd*

*Of their joy in the springing day,*

*By sorrow and cares dismay,*

*How shall the summer arise in joy,*

*Or the summer fruits appear?*

1. (i) Who are being addressed to?

किसे सम्बोधित किया जा रहा है?

(ii) What is done with the buds?

कलियों के साथ क्या किया जाता है?

(iii) Identify and write one word of the following sentences :

(a) warmest season of the year.

S.............................

(b) a person's male parent.

F.............................

2. (i) Which word has been used for flowers?

फूलों के लिए कौनसा शब्द प्रयुक्त किया गया है?

Answers :

1. (i) Father and Mother are being addressed to.

माता-पिता को सम्बोधित किया जा रहा है।

2. (i) The word 'blossoms' has been used for flowers.

फूलों के लिए 'ब्लोसम्स' शब्द को प्रयुक्त किया गया है।