Class 6 I Chapter 16 "The Kind Prince"

Class 6 English Reader | Chapter 16 | The Kind Prince

📚 Chapter 16

The Kind Prince

Class 6 English Reader • Kindness • Compassion • Courage • Goodness

🖱️ Click Words 🔊 Pronunciation 🇮🇳 हिन्दी अर्थ 📖 Story Explanation 🧠 Comprehension ✍️ Grammar 💡 Vocabulary 🖨️ PDF / Print

🌟 How to Use This Chapter

🇬🇧 For Students

  • Read the story carefully.
  • Click the blue words to learn their meaning.
  • Listen to pronunciation.
  • Read the Hindi explanation after each part.
  • Attempt every activity yourself.
  • Open the hidden answers only after trying.

🇮🇳 विद्यार्थियों के लिए

  • Story को ध्यान से पढ़िए।
  • Blue words पर click करके meaning सीखिए।
  • Pronunciation सुनिए।
  • हर part के बाद हिन्दी explanation पढ़िए।
  • हर activity स्वयं करने का प्रयास कीजिए।
  • पहले स्वयं answer कीजिए, फिर hidden answer check कीजिए।

🎯 What Will You Learn?

❤️
Kindness

दयालुता

🕊️
Compassion

करुणा

⚖️
Justice

न्याय

🌱
Grammar

Requests + Past Tense

💭 Before You Read

Think About It

If you see an injured bird or animal, what should you do?

Should we hurt animals just because we are stronger than them?

Who is greater — the person who hurts or the person who saves?

सोचिए

यदि आपको कोई घायल bird या animal दिखाई दे तो आपको क्या करना चाहिए?

क्या हमें animals को केवल इसलिए hurt करना चाहिए क्योंकि हम उनसे stronger हैं?

कौन महान है — hurt करने वाला या बचाने वाला?

📖 Read the Story – The Kind Prince

Siddhartha was born in Kapilvastu. His father was king Shuddhodhana and his mother was queen Mahamaya. He lived in a beautiful palace but he was not happy there. He went to the garden everyday and sat there for hours.

He saw the beautiful trees, flowers, birds and butterflies there, and enjoyed the songs of the birds.

At the age of sixteen he completed his education, and married princess Yashodhara. He was very kind to birds, insects, animals and human beings and loved them all.

Devadatta was Siddhartha's cousin. But he was very proud and cruel. He was not kind to the birds and animals.

🇮🇳 Part 1 – हिन्दी अर्थ

सिद्धार्थ का जन्म कपिलवस्तु में हुआ था। उनके पिता राजा शुद्धोधन और माता रानी महामाया थीं। वे एक सुंदर महल में रहते थे, लेकिन वहाँ वे खुश नहीं थे। वे रोज garden में जाते और घंटों वहाँ बैठते थे। उन्हें पेड़, फूल, पक्षी और तितलियाँ बहुत पसंद थीं और वे पक्षियों के गीतों का आनंद लेते थे।

सोलह वर्ष की उम्र में उन्होंने अपनी education पूरी की और राजकुमारी यशोधरा से विवाह किया। वे birds, insects, animals और human beings सभी के प्रति बहुत kind थे और सभी से प्रेम करते थे। देवदत्त सिद्धार्थ का cousin था, लेकिन वह बहुत proud और cruel था। वह birds और animals के प्रति kind नहीं था।

One day Siddhartha was walking in the garden with his cousin Devadatta, who had brought his bow and arrows with him.

Suddenly, Devadatta saw a swan flying and shot at it. His arrow brought the swan down. The swan fell onto the ground.

Siddhartha lifted it and took it on his lap. He pulled the arrow out and washed the wound. He gave it water to drink.

🇮🇳 Part 2 – हिन्दी अर्थ

एक दिन सिद्धार्थ अपने cousin देवदत्त के साथ garden में घूम रहे थे। देवदत्त अपने bow और arrows साथ लाया था। अचानक उसने एक swan को उड़ते हुए देखा और उस पर arrow चला दिया। Arrow लगने से swan नीचे गिर गया।

सिद्धार्थ ने घायल swan को उठाया और अपनी गोद में रखा। उन्होंने उसके शरीर से arrow निकाला, उसके wound को साफ किया और उसे पीने के लिए पानी दिया। यह सिद्धार्थ की kindness और compassion को दिखाता है।

Devadatta came to Siddhartha with the bow and arrows. He saw the swan in Siddhartha's lap.

Devadatta: Give that swan to me. I shot it. It is my swan.

Siddhartha: Oh no! You shot this lovely bird. You are really cruel. You should be kind to birds and animals.

Devadatta: No, I am not cruel. I am brave. Give me my swan.

Siddhartha: I will not give you this bird. I saved it. It is my swan.

Devadatta: I am going to the king. He will decide.

🇮🇳 Part 3 – हिन्दी अर्थ

देवदत्त सिद्धार्थ के पास आया और उसने अपनी bow और arrows के साथ swan को सिद्धार्थ की गोद में देखा। उसने कहा कि उसने swan को shoot किया है, इसलिए swan उसका है।

सिद्धार्थ ने कहा कि देवदत्त ने एक सुंदर bird को घायल किया है और उसे birds तथा animals के प्रति kind होना चाहिए। देवदत्त ने स्वयं को brave बताया और swan माँगा। सिद्धार्थ ने कहा कि वह swan नहीं देगा क्योंकि उसने उसे बचाया है।

अंत में देवदत्त ने कहा कि वह राजा के पास जाएगा और राजा निर्णय करेंगे।

Siddhartha also went to the king. The king listened to both of them and gave his judgement.

King: Devadatta, it is not your bird as you shot it. It is Siddhartha's bird as he saved it.

🇮🇳 Part 4 – हिन्दी अर्थ

सिद्धार्थ भी राजा के पास गए। राजा ने दोनों की बात सुनी और निर्णय दिया कि यह देवदत्त का bird नहीं है क्योंकि उसने केवल उसे shoot किया था। यह सिद्धार्थ का bird है क्योंकि उन्होंने उसे बचाया था।

🕊️ “The saviour is always greater than the slayer.”
“बचाने वाला हमेशा मारने वाले से महान होता है।”

The story teaches us to protect living beings instead of hurting them.

यह कहानी हमें जीवित प्राणियों को चोट पहुँचाने के बजाय उनकी रक्षा करना सिखाती है।

🌈 Story Explained Simply

🌳

Siddhartha

He loved nature, birds, animals and human beings.

वे प्रकृति, birds, animals और human beings से प्रेम करते थे।

🏹

Devadatta

He shot a swan and wanted to claim it as his own.

उसने swan को shoot किया और उसे अपना बताना चाहा।

🕊️

The Decision

The king decided that the bird belonged to Siddhartha because he had saved it.

राजा ने निर्णय दिया कि bird सिद्धार्थ का है क्योंकि उन्होंने उसे बचाया था।

🖱️ Click & Learn – Maximum Useful Words

नीले words पर click कीजिए। आपको pronunciation, हिन्दी meaning, English sentence और हिन्दी sentence use मिलेगा।

Siddhartha Kapilvastu king Shuddhodhana Mahamaya palace garden trees flowers birds butterflies songs education Yashodhara kind insects animals human beings Devadatta cousin proud cruel bow arrows swan flying shot fell ground lifted lap pulled washed wound saved lovely brave decide judgement saviour slayer greater protect compassion mercy justice beautiful natural polite regular love request please open close stand up sit down seat yesterday last night last week First Aid antiseptic lotion bandage scissors iodine solution cotton wool tweezers antibiotic ointment thermometer healthy learn

📚 New Words

palace
/ˈpæləs/
महल
insects
/ˈɪnsekts/
कीड़े-मकौड़े
cousin
/ˈkʌzn/
चचेरा भाई
bow and arrow
/baʊ ənd ˈærəʊ/
तीर और कमान
swan
/swɒn/
हंस
wound
/wuːnd/
घाव
file
/faɪl/
फाइल
cruel
/ˈkruːəl/
क्रूर
saviour
/ˈseɪvjə(r)/
बचाने वाला
slayer
/ˈsleɪə(r)/
मारने वाला

🧠 Activity 1: Comprehension Questions

पहले answers स्वयं लिखिए। फिर bilingual hidden answer से check कीजिए।

1. Where was Siddhartha born?
Siddhartha was born in Kapilvastu.
सिद्धार्थ का जन्म कपिलवस्तु में हुआ था।
2. What were the names of Siddhartha's parents?
His father was King Shuddhodhana and his mother was Queen Mahamaya.
उनके पिता राजा शुद्धोधन और माता रानी महामाया थीं।
3. Why was Siddhartha not happy though he lived in a beautiful palace?
The story says that Siddhartha was not happy in the palace, so he went to the garden every day and sat there for hours.
Story के अनुसार सिद्धार्थ महल में खुश नहीं थे, इसलिए वे हर दिन garden में जाते और वहाँ घंटों बैठते थे।
4. Who shot the swan?
Devadatta shot the swan.
देवदत्त ने swan को shot किया था।
5. What did Siddhartha do to save the swan?
Siddhartha lifted the swan, took it on his lap, pulled the arrow out, washed the wound and gave it water.
सिद्धार्थ ने swan को उठाया, अपनी गोद में रखा, arrow निकाला, घाव को साफ किया और उसे पानी दिया।
6. What was the judgement of the king?
The king said that the swan was Siddhartha's because he had saved it.
राजा ने कहा कि swan सिद्धार्थ का है क्योंकि उन्होंने उसे बचाया था।

🗣️ Activity 2: Who Said the Following?

Choose the correct speaker.

सही speaker का नाम चुनिए।

1. “I shot it.”
2. “You should be kind to birds and animals.”
3. “I am brave.”
4. “Give that swan to me.”
5. “I will not give you this bird.”
6. “It is Siddhartha's bird as he saved it.”
1. Devadatta
2. Siddhartha
3. Devadatta
4. Devadatta
5. Siddhartha
6. King
1. देवदत्त
2. सिद्धार्थ
3. देवदत्त
4. देवदत्त
5. सिद्धार्थ
6. राजा

🔄 Activity 3: Word Power – Opposites

Write the opposites of the following words.

दिए गए words के opposites लिखिए।

Word Opposite
brave
beautiful
natural
polite
regular
love

brave → coward
beautiful → ugly
natural → artificial
polite → impolite
regular → irregular
love → hate
brave → कायर
beautiful → बदसूरत
natural → कृत्रिम
polite → अशिष्ट
regular → अनियमित
love → घृणा / नफरत

🙏 Activity 4: Language Practice – Polite Requests

Learn the Pattern

Will you + action + please?

Example: Will you open the door, please?

Polite request बनाने के लिए हम Will you + action + please? का प्रयोग कर सकते हैं।

1. open the door
2. close the window
3. stand up
4. sit down
5. go back to your seat
1. Will you open the door, please?
2. Will you close the window, please?
3. Will you stand up, please?
4. Will you sit down, please?
5. Will you go back to your seat, please?
1. क्या आप कृपया door खोलेंगे?
2. क्या आप कृपया window बंद करेंगे?
3. क्या आप कृपया खड़े होंगे?
4. क्या आप कृपया बैठेंगे?
5. क्या आप कृपया अपनी seat पर वापस जाएंगे?

⏳ Activity 5: Language Practice – Past Tense

Remember

Words such as last night, yesterday, last week tell us about a past action.

last night, yesterday, last week जैसे words हमें past action के बारे में बताते हैं।

1. She fell down and ______ a lot last night. (cry)
2. Yesterday Dipti's mother ______ special food. (cook)
3. Rekha ______ an elephant last week. (see)
4. Kabir ______ very fast to catch the bus. (walk)
1. cried
2. cooked
3. saw
4. walked
1. cried = रोया / रोई
2. cooked = पकाया
3. saw = देखा
4. walked = चला

📝 Activity 6: Past Tense Challenge

Change the verbs into their past forms.

Verbs को उनके past forms में बदलिए।

go →

eat →

come →

help →

play →

see →

give →

wash →

go → went
eat → ate
come → came
help → helped
play → played
see → saw
give → gave
wash → washed
go → went = गया
eat → ate = खाया
come → came = आया
help → helped = मदद की
play → played = खेला
see → saw = देखा
give → gave = दिया
wash → washed = धोया

🎯 Activity 7: Vocabulary Quiz

1. “Palace” means:
2. “Swan” means:
3. “Wound” means:
4. “Cruel” means:
5. “Saviour” means:
1. A – palace = महल
2. A – swan = हंस
3. A – wound = घाव
4. A – cruel = क्रूर
5. A – saviour = बचाने वाला
सभी सही answers option A हैं।

🔄 Activity 8: English → Hindi

1. palace
2. cousin
3. swan
4. wound
5. cruel
6. saviour
7. slayer
1. palace – महल
2. cousin – चचेरा भाई
3. swan – हंस
4. wound – घाव
5. cruel – क्रूर
6. saviour – बचाने वाला
7. slayer – मारने वाला

🔄 Activity 9: Hindi → English

1. महल
2. हंस
3. घाव
4. क्रूर
5. बचाने वाला
6. मारने वाला
1. palace
2. swan
3. wound
4. cruel
5. saviour
6. slayer

✍️ Activity 10: Make Sentences

इन words का प्रयोग करके meaningful sentences बनाइए।

1. kind
2. cruel
3. beautiful
4. brave
5. saviour
1. Siddhartha was kind to birds and animals.
2. Devadatta was cruel to the swan.
3. The garden was beautiful.
4. Devadatta said that he was brave.
5. Siddhartha was the saviour of the swan.
1. सिद्धार्थ birds और animals के प्रति kind थे।
2. देवदत्त swan के प्रति cruel था।
3. Garden सुंदर था।
4. देवदत्त ने कहा कि वह brave था।
5. सिद्धार्थ swan के saviour थे।

💡 Activity 11: Think & Answer

Why did Siddhartha save the swan?

सिद्धार्थ ने swan को क्यों बचाया?

Siddhartha was kind to birds and animals. He saw the injured swan and wanted to save it.
सिद्धार्थ birds और animals के प्रति kind थे। उन्होंने घायल swan को देखा और उसे बचाना चाहा।
Why did the king decide in Siddhartha's favour?

राजा ने सिद्धार्थ के पक्ष में निर्णय क्यों दिया?

The king said that the bird was Siddhartha's because Siddhartha had saved it.
राजा ने कहा कि bird सिद्धार्थ का है क्योंकि सिद्धार्थ ने उसे बचाया था।
What is the main message of the story?

Story का मुख्य message क्या है?

The main message is that protecting and saving life is greater than hurting or killing.
मुख्य message यह है कि किसी जीव की रक्षा करना और उसे बचाना उसे hurt या kill करने से महान है।

⚖️ Activity 12: Siddhartha vs Devadatta

Siddhartha Devadatta
Kind Cruel
Loved birds and animals Was not kind to birds and animals
Saved the swan Shot the swan
Showed compassion Wanted to claim the bird

Think: आपको कौन-से qualities अपनानी चाहिए? क्यों?

🙏 Activity 13: Make Polite Requests

1. Teacher / explain the question
2. Friend / lend me a pencil
3. Brother / close the door
4. Sister / help me
1. Will you explain the question, please?
2. Will you lend me a pencil, please?
3. Will you close the door, please?
4. Will you help me, please?
1. क्या आप कृपया question समझाएँगे?
2. क्या आप कृपया मुझे pencil देंगे?
3. क्या आप कृपया door बंद करेंगे?
4. क्या आप कृपया मेरी मदद करेंगे?

📚 Let's Know More

🌳 Siddhartha's Journey

  • At the age of 29, Siddhartha left his palace and set off alone into the forest.
  • He sat under the peepal tree known as the Bodhi Tree in Bodh Gaya.
  • He started meditation.
  • After meditation, at the age of 35, he became “Buddha”, the Enlightened One.

🇮🇳 हिन्दी में

  • 29 वर्ष की उम्र में सिद्धार्थ ने palace छोड़कर forest की ओर प्रस्थान किया।
  • उन्होंने Bodh Gaya में Bodhi Tree के नाम से प्रसिद्ध peepal tree के नीचे बैठकर meditation किया।
  • उन्होंने ध्यान शुरू किया।
  • 35 वर्ष की उम्र में वे “Buddha”, अर्थात Enlightened One बने।

☸️ Buddhism

The textbook states that he was the founder of Buddhism.

पाठ के अनुसार वे Buddhism के founder थे।

🧭 Teaching Journey

The textbook states that Buddha travelled throughout northern India for 45 years and taught kings, courtiers and people of different castes and religions.

पाठ के अनुसार Buddha ने 45 वर्षों तक northern India में यात्रा की और kings, courtiers तथा अलग-अलग castes और religions के लोगों को शिक्षा दी।

🌼 Final Years

The textbook states that at the age of 80 he died at Kushinagar.

पाठ के अनुसार 80 वर्ष की आयु में उनका निधन Kushinagar में हुआ।

🧠 Activity 14: Let's Know More – Quiz

1. At what age did Siddhartha leave his palace?
2. What tree is mentioned in the lesson?
3. At what age did he become Buddha according to the lesson?
4. Where did he die according to the lesson?
1. 29
2. Bodhi Tree
3. 35
4. Kushinagar
1. 29 वर्ष
2. Bodhi Tree
3. 35 वर्ष
4. Kushinagar

🩹 Activity 15: Make a First Aid Kit

The textbook asks students to make a First Aid Kit for their class/school with the help of teachers and friends.

पाठ में students को teachers और friends की सहायता से class/school के लिए First Aid Kit बनाने की activity दी गई है।

Safety: First Aid Kit की medicines या medical items का उपयोग teacher, parent या qualified medical professional की guidance में करें।

1 antiseptic lotion
2 lint, gauze or similar bandage material
3 scissors
4 iodine solution
5 painkiller tablets
6 nasal decongestant spray or nasal drops
7 cotton wool
8 tweezers
9 antibiotic ointment
10 thermometer

🧑‍🏫 Our Class First Aid Checklist

❤️ Activity 16: Healthy Children Learn Better

🌈 HEALTHY CHILDREN LEARN BETTER 🌈
स्वस्थ बच्चे बेहतर सीखते हैं।

Healthy Habits

स्वस्थ आदतें

✍️ Activity 17: Write About Kindness

Write 5–6 sentences about a time when you helped someone or an animal.

ऐसी घटना के बारे में 5–6 sentences लिखिए जब आपने किसी व्यक्ति या animal की help की हो।

One day I saw a small bird that was unable to fly. I called an adult for help. We kept the bird in a safe place. We gave it water. After some time it became active again. I felt happy because I had helped a living being.
एक दिन मैंने एक छोटे bird को देखा जो उड़ नहीं पा रहा था। मैंने मदद के लिए एक बड़े व्यक्ति को बुलाया। हमने bird को सुरक्षित जगह पर रखा। हमने उसे पानी दिया। कुछ समय बाद वह फिर active हो गया। मुझे खुशी हुई क्योंकि मैंने एक जीव की मदद की।

🌟 Activity 18: Kind or Cruel?

1. Helping an injured bird.
2. Hurting an animal for fun.
3. Giving water to a thirsty animal.
4. Saving a living being from danger.
5. Deliberately hurting a bird.
1. Kind
2. Cruel
3. Kind
4. Kind
5. Cruel
1. दयालु
2. क्रूर
3. दयालु
4. दयालु
5. क्रूर

⚡ Quick Revision

👑
Prince

Siddhartha

🏹
Shooter

Devadatta

🕊️
Bird

Swan

⚖️
Judge

The King

❤️
Quality

Kindness

दयालुता

🩹
Action

Siddhartha saved the swan

🙏
Grammar

Polite Requests

⏳
Grammar

Past Tense

📌 Chapter at a Glance

Point Answer
Where was Siddhartha born? Kapilvastu
Who were his parents? King Shuddhodhana and Queen Mahamaya
Who was Devadatta? Siddhartha's cousin
What did Devadatta shoot? A swan
Who saved the swan? Siddhartha
What did Siddhartha do? Removed the arrow, washed the wound and gave water
Who gave the judgement? The King
Who did the king favour? Siddhartha
Main moral The saviour is always greater than the slayer.
Grammar Polite Requests + Past Tense

🌟 Activity 19: My Kindness Promise

“I WILL BE KIND TO PEOPLE, BIRDS AND ANIMALS.” ❤️
“मैं लोगों, पक्षियों और animals के प्रति दयालु रहूँगा/रहूँगी।”

Write three things you will do to show kindness.

दयालुता दिखाने के लिए आप तीन कौन-से काम करेंगे?

🕊️ BE KIND. SAVE LIFE. DO GOOD. 🌱
दयालु बनिए। जीवन बचाइए। अच्छे कार्य कीजिए।

The true strength of a person is shown by how kindly they treat others.

किसी व्यक्ति की सच्ची महानता इस बात से दिखाई देती है कि वह दूसरों के साथ कितनी kindness से व्यवहार करता है।

📚 Class 6 English Reader • Chapter 16
The Kind Prince

🕊️ Kindness Makes Us Great ❤️

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