Episode 5: The Guru Arrives

Written, Directed and Narrated by: Sudipta Bhawmik
Audio Engineering, Sound design and Original Music: Avi Ziv
Illustrations: Prabir Krishna Deb

Guru Dronacharya arrives in Hastinapura and awes the Kuru princes with his skills. Bhishma retains him as the royal arms and weapons trainer for the Pandava and Kaurava brothers. Arjuna excels in archery. Ekalavya, a tribal boy, comes to Drona to learn from him. Drona refuses to accept him as a student. But Ekalavya masters the art of archery by practicing in front of a statue of Dronacharya for which he had to pay the ultimate guru dakshina.

[amaninindonesia]

How human could make blunder : celestial level

[anandkr]

the story of Mahabharata retold by you is amazing 🤩
but in this episode you should mention about Eklavya family background in details that his father belonged to king jarasandh
and he also wanted to serve as a military in future for Jarasandh regime.
There was enmity between KURU AND JARASANDH regime.
Aacharya Dron was obliged to kuru dynasty so giving training to Eklavya or let him to be powerful in future would be strategic mistake. So in our perspective it would be morally wrong but sometimes one had to show dual morality when one was part of administration

[OFAI]

Why not you mention the eklavya family background he is son of Ekalavya's adoptive father, Hiranyadhanus, was the commander of the most powerful king of the period, Jarasandha and Ekalavya himself served under King Jarasandha's army as a general.

[Voice.OfTheVoiceless]

DRONACHARYA WAS A CROOK who didn't wanted EKLAVYA to be. More powerful than Arjuna.
Because EKLAVYA WAS A SHUDRA, THE CROOK DRONACHARYA DECIDED TO DEMAND HIS FINGER

[nilupilu]

Thats bad of Drona. Or is the story left out?

[manjulav]

another imaginary story !.. Drona was a tree passer on his way to his relatives house and used dry paddy grass to lift the cork ball, till than boys did not had permision to play with weapons

[irabajpai]

The background music is a bit annoying

[AnkitPal-kutp]

Eklavya stole his education that education did not belong to him so drona has to punish him and take back his teachings

[Voice.OfTheVoiceless]

DRONACHARYA WAS A CROOK who didn't wanted EKLAVYA to be. More powerful than Arjuna.
Because EKLAVYA WAS A SHUDRA, THE CROOK DRONACHARYA DECIDED TO DEMAND HIS FINGER

[Voice.OfTheVoiceless]

DRONACHARYA WAS A CROOK who didn't wanted EKLAVYA to be. More powerful than Arjuna.
Because EKLAVYA WAS A SHUDRA, THE CROOK DRONACHARYA DECIDED TO DEMAND HIS FINGER

[Voice.OfTheVoiceless]

DRONACHARYA WAS A CROOK who didn't wanted EKLAVYA to be. More powerful than Arjuna.
Because EKLAVYA WAS A SHUDRA, THE CROOK DRONACHARYA DECIDED TO DEMAND HIS FINGER