He wondered who this student of his was, who had learned the art from him but whose name and identity he did not know! He thought hard but could not come up with an answer for Arjuna. You were supposed to teach me exclusively, but you taught this man and made him more skillful than me.’ĭronacharya was baffled and confused at Arjuna’s allegations. He went up to Dronacharya and said angrily, ‘What is this? You have cheated us. He went to Eklavya and asked him, ‘Who taught you archery?’ Making matters worse, he saw that Eklavya was far better than him. One day, Arjuna, the prince found out about this talented archer. He became so good at it that, he would hear the sound of the animal, shoot an arrow at it and claim the animal. Over the following years, with sincerity and practice, he learnt archery and became better than the state princes at the art. He went home and made a statue of his Guru. Dronacharya, bound by the state law, could not accept him as his student.Įklavya in his heart had already accepted Dronacharya as his Guru. It was forbidden to make anyone as powerful as the princes for the safety of the region.īut Eklavya deeply desired to study under Dronacharya. In those days, as a rule, a teacher to the members of Royal family was not allowed to teach the state art to anybody else. Dronacharya was the teacher of the Royal family. So he went to Dronacharya (a master of advanced military arts) and requested him to teach him archery. He wanted to learn archery to save the deer in the forest that were being hunted by the leopards. But there is an unheard and unseen side to the famous story.Įklavya was the son of a poor hunter. Since ages, the story of Eklavya( a character from the Indian epic- Mahabharata) has come to define exemplary discipleship.
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