From Ramayana to Mahabharata, Indian mythology is very interesting ,I find it so astonishing!
The stories are so popular and chants from it is heard everywhere from a boisterous encounter to a sudden fight.Idioms inspired by the stories have a population of 10 to 100.
Lets read one of the stories from Indian Mythology-
Dronacharya wanted to show why he favoured Arjuna.One day,he set up a target in the shape of a bird on a tree and invited his students to shoot at it. Before they did so, however,they had to answer his questions.
First, Duryodhana took up his stance. “What can you see?” asked Dronacharya.
The answer was, “I can see the bird, the leaves, the tree...”
Dronacharya ordered him to put the bow down and go back to his place. Next was Yudhishtra, but the answers were the same. Some others added that they could see the teacher, their cousins and people standing around. The princes began muttering among themselves as one by one, they were all sent back to their place without being allowed to shoot. Even Ashwatthama, Dronacharya’s son, could not understand what his father wanted. Finally, Arjuna was the only one left.
Dronacharya asked Arjuna to come up and take his stance. When Arjuna picked up his bow, set the arrow and drew the string, his teacher asked, “What do you see?”
Arjuna replied, “The eye of the bird.”
“Can you see the tree?” asked Dronacharya.
“No, only the eye of the bird,” was the answer. Dronacharya then went through a list: tree, bark, leaves, flowers, fruits, his brothers, cousins, even the teacher himself.
To everything Arjuna’s answer was the same: “No, I can only see the eye of the bird.”
When Dronacharya gave him the order to shoot, Arjuna released the arrow. It sped straight to the target and the bird came tumbling down. Dronacharya embraced the boy and then told the others, “When you want to achieve something, you must focus on it. Close out all other distractions and concentrate only on your target.”
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I never knew this story, but now I do!
This is soooo good!
Beautiful story Sanjana. Thanks a lot for sharing it. Please keep sharing such interesting and inspiring stories !!