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One day, Drona was out with his students practicing archery on the camp grounds. He sees a bird perched on a tree. Turn by turn, he asks each of his students to aim at the bird. When each student has latched his aim, Drona asks him, what he can see? Everybody in his [...]
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Arjuna’s turn comes. To the guru’s question, he replies. ” I can see only the bird. In fact I can see only its eyes”. Drona is impressed.
Such was Arjuna’s dedication that, he practiced even at night.
Such was Drona’s affection for Arjuna that, he once demanded an upcoming an potential rival archer Ekalavya, who was a tribal boy, to cut off his right thumb as his teacher’s fee, just to ensure that, Arjuna, would remain the unvanquished one.
The youths finished their schooling.
A day was chosen for Drona and the princes( both Kauravas and Pandavas ), to demonstrate what they had learned before a crowd of well wishers and court-men.
Then Arjuna did several tricks on the horseback, displaying his mastery in archery.
Just then an unknown youth named Karna, ventured into the arena. He claimed that he could do whatever Arjuna did.
Karna not only emulated all the tricks that Arjuna did a little while ago, but did them with better style.
Drona, irked at the unknown youth, who he hasn’t coached, being as skillful as Arjuna, then played the caste card.
He asked Karna, “Stop, listen, tell us, where do you come from?” “Who is your father?” “What does your family do?” “Are you a Kshatriya (the caste that the Pandavas and Kauravas belong) ?”