Direction: I want to avoid violence. Non-violence (121) the first article of my faith. It is also the (122) article of my creed. But I had to (123) my choice. I had either to submit (124) a system which I considered (125) done irreparable harm to my country, (126) incur the risk of the mad fury (127) my people bursting forth, when they (128) the truth from my lips. I (129) that my people have sometimes (130) mad. I am deeply sorry for it.

Direction: Dhritrashtra, the elder brother of the Pandu, was blind by birth. When he grew young, he was married to Gandhari. She loved him so (111) that she (112) up her own eyes with a cloth. A hundred sons were bom to Dhritrashtra and Gandhari. They were called Kauravas. Duryodhana was the (113) son of Dhritrashtra, who was quite obstinate by nature. When Kunti (114) to Hastinapur with her five sons, Duryodhana did not (115) it. He wanted that the Pandavas should live in the forest with their mother, Kunti. In fact he wanted to rule (116) Hastinapur without any interference in his affairs, although outwardly he made a (117) of happiness. His mother Gandhari consoled Kunti but her son Duryodhana did not like this at all. Pandavas were so good and (118) that every one who saw them (119) them. The people of Hastinapur began to give greater (120) to the Pandavas than to the Kauravas.