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What you want to be like arjun or eklalavya

Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, Punjab, India
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, Punjab, India

The document describes a story from the Mahabharata about Arjun and Ekalavya. Arjun was born into a royal family and received archery training from the teacher Dronacharya. Ekalavya, born into a poor family, was not allowed to study under Dronacharya so he made a statue of Dronacharya and practiced near it. One day, when both Arjun and Ekalavya were struggling with their aim, Dronacharya helped Arjun by identifying a technical issue, while Ekalavya had to figure it out on his own. The document concludes by asking readers if they want to be like Arjun, who always had a teacher

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What you want to be like: Arjun or Eklalavya? When it comes to Mahabharat, everyone knows about Arjun and Ekalavya. This post is not about them even but a test to check psychological state of a person. I asked this question to my students as well in classroom and got interesting answers. Lets try to figure out what can be the answers! In actual, this question was asked in an interview to the candidates. The interviewer told story to all candidates and in last asked a question. Here the story goes; Arjun, as born in a royal family got the opportunity to learn under the guidance of a great teacher Dronacharya. On the other hand, Ekalavya born in poor family was not allowed to study in that kind of environment. So Ekalavya established a statue of Guru Dronacharya in the close vicinity, where Dronacharya teaching Arjun. Once Arjun was practicing archery in a jungle and aiming at a tree from a distance but whenever arjun aim for the tree, his arrow goes toward the left side of the tree. He didnt figure out what was the mistake in his practice. Ekalavya was also aiming for a target but just like Arjun his arrow missed everytime. Guru Dronacharya came to the Arjun and said You are putting more pressure on your left foot thats why arrow is going towards left side always. Try to maintain your pressure to right side a little bit. Arjun did the same and his arrow goes closure to the tree this time. Ekalavaya was watching this from a distance. He noticed Guru Dronachraya told something to Arjun and because of that, his arrow pointing towards the aim closure but Ekalavya didnt figure out what he told to Arjun.
But Ekalavya didnt stop practicing and one day he came to the point and figured by himself what Guru Dronacharya told to Arjun. Whenever in life, Arjun got the trouble; he always had a teacher around him; First Guru Dronachraya and then Lord Krishna. But whatever Ekalavya learned and achieved in his life is because of his own, without the help of anybody. So now question arises; what you want to be like in life? Like Arjun or Like Aklavaya?

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What you want to be like arjun or eklalavya

  • 1. What you want to be like: Arjun or Eklalavya? When it comes to Mahabharat, everyone knows about Arjun and Ekalavya. This post is not about them even but a test to check psychological state of a person. I asked this question to my students as well in classroom and got interesting answers. Lets try to figure out what can be the answers! In actual, this question was asked in an interview to the candidates. The interviewer told story to all candidates and in last asked a question. Here the story goes; Arjun, as born in a royal family got the opportunity to learn under the guidance of a great teacher Dronacharya. On the other hand, Ekalavya born in poor family was not allowed to study in that kind of environment. So Ekalavya established a statue of Guru Dronacharya in the close vicinity, where Dronacharya teaching Arjun. Once Arjun was practicing archery in a jungle and aiming at a tree from a distance but whenever arjun aim for the tree, his arrow goes toward the left side of the tree. He didnt figure out what was the mistake in his practice. Ekalavya was also aiming for a target but just like Arjun his arrow missed everytime. Guru Dronacharya came to the Arjun and said You are putting more pressure on your left foot thats why arrow is going towards left side always. Try to maintain your pressure to right side a little bit. Arjun did the same and his arrow goes closure to the tree this time. Ekalavaya was watching this from a distance. He noticed Guru Dronachraya told something to Arjun and because of that, his arrow pointing towards the aim closure but Ekalavya didnt figure out what he told to Arjun.
  • 2. But Ekalavya didnt stop practicing and one day he came to the point and figured by himself what Guru Dronacharya told to Arjun. Whenever in life, Arjun got the trouble; he always had a teacher around him; First Guru Dronachraya and then Lord Krishna. But whatever Ekalavya learned and achieved in his life is because of his own, without the help of anybody. So now question arises; what you want to be like in life? Like Arjun or Like Aklavaya?