Invincible Arjuna

Tell me what you can see, Arjuna,’ repeated Drona ‘Do you see the tree?’

‘No,’ said Arjuna.

‘Do you then see the bird?’ There was a sense of rising excitement in Drona’s

voice.

‘No! I can simply see the eye of the bird, nothing else,’ responded Arjuna

without taking his eyes off the target.

‘Now, shoot!’ Drona commanded in a shrill voice.

Everyone who stood there saw Arjuna’s arrow whizz past and heard a sharp

click. The arrow was stuck in the middle of the bird’s eye.

That day, a legend was born. Arjuna was declared a shreshtha, a supreme human

talent. Arjuna’s most powerful weapon was not his Gandiva. His power came

from ekagrata—his one-pointed concentration. Arjuna re-defined the limits of

human achievement. He conquered his enemies with the sword of clarity and the

shield of discrimination.