Listen to the story of Shibi Rana and answer the questions that follow. There are many stories in our mythology when gods have disguised themselves in the forms of human beings, birds, etc. This is done either to test the efficiency and ability of the kings or to see if people are happy and contented on earth. This is another aspect of changing the identity. Let us listen to story of King Shibi. There was a great king, Shibi Rana who had immense power then, even gods in heavens were amazed. They feared that Shibi might take away their kingdoms. They devised a plan to test his sense of justice. So they decided to reach Shibi’s kingdom in disguise. One day, Shibi Rana was sitting on his throne. His courtroom was surrounded by majestic gardens. There came a scared dove flying to him and it was followed by a fierce looking eagle. The king gave shelter to the dove and saved her. The eagle argued that the king has taken away his food — the dove. It would starve. The king assured the eagle that he would give equal quantity of any other food. The eagle asked for King Shibi’s flesh. The magnanimous king agreed with a smile. A balance was brought in the court. It was soon found that with each addition of the king’s flesh the dove grew heavier. The equal balance was not arrived at. But the king remained calm and unperturbed. The Gods in the guise of dove and eagle were assured of Shibi’s righteousness. The forms of the eagle and the dove soon disappeared. In their place stood Indra, the king of the Gods and Agni, the God of fire smiling and blessing the king for his benevolence and greatness. 1. Why were the Gods in heaven afraid of King Shibi? 2. What made the eagle angry? 3. What did the eagle demand? 4. Was the eagle satisfied? 5. Who were in the disguise of the eagle and the dove? 6. King Shibi was blessed for his: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Explanation:
According to Oxford Living Dictionaries, to listen is to give attention to sound or action.[1] When listening, one is hearing what others are saying, and trying to understand what it means.[2] The act of listening involves complex affective, cognitive, and behavioral processes.[3] Affective processes include the motivation to listen to others; cognitive processes include attending to, understanding, receiving, and interpreting content and relational messages; and behavioral processes include responding to others with verbal and nonverbal feedback.
What is listening? Edit
Listening differs from obeying. A person who receives and understands information or an instruction, and then chooses not to comply with it or not to agree to it, has listened to the speaker, even though the result is not what the speaker wanted.[4] Listening is a term in which the listener listens to the one who produced the sound to be listened. A Semiotician, Roland Barthes characterized the distinction between listening and hearing."Hearing is a physiological phenomenon; listening is a psychological act." [5] We are always hearing, most of the time subconsciously. Listening is done by choice. It is the interpretative action taken by someone in order to understand and potentially make meaning of something they hear. [6]
Listen to the story of Shibi Rana and answer the questions that follow.
1. Gods were afraid of his greatness and power and feared that Shibi might take away their kingdoms.
2. Eagle was angry on King Shibi that he had taken away her food- the dove and it would starve.
3. The eagle asked for King Shibi’s flesh.
4. No, the king cut off his flesh and weighed it in the balance but unfortunately, the dove’ weight grew heavier for every additional amount of flesh that was added by the king Shibi.
5. In the place of the eagle stood Indra, the king of Gods and Agni, the God of fire.
6. King Shibi was blessed for his benevolence and greatness.