{"id":33779,"date":"2024-12-16T18:21:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T12:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=33779"},"modified":"2024-12-16T18:21:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T12:51:21","slug":"eklavya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/16-12-2024\/eklavya","title":{"rendered":"Eklavya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS1\/History; GS4\/ Ethics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Congress leader Rahul Gandhi spoke of the Mahabharata character Eklavya in Parliament, comparing him to the youth, small businesses, and farmers of the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Eklavya<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He was a Nishad boy, he went to Dronacharya, teacher to the Kaurava and Pandava princes, and asked to be his disciple.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dronacharya refused. Eklavya then made a clay idol of Drona, considering him his guru, and practised archery on his own, becoming greatly proficient.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drona then asks for \u2018guru dakshina\u2019, the mandatory fee a disciple is to pay his teacher.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He demands Eklavya\u2019s right thumb as his fee, which Eklavya promptly pays.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ethical values of Eklavya in Mahabharata:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dedication and Commitment:<\/strong> Eklavya\u2019s unwavering dedication to mastering archery, despite being denied formal training, showcases the value of persistence and self-discipline in achieving one&#8217;s goals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Respect for Authority:<\/strong> Although he was denied Drona\u2019s teachings, Eklavya still respected Drona as his teacher. He created a statue of Drona to practice in front of, demonstrating respect for his guru.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Self-reliance:<\/strong> He didn&#8217;t wait for others to help him; instead, he trained himself through sheer effort and determination.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sacrifice:<\/strong> His act of sacrificing his thumb to Drona to prove his loyalty and to prevent Arjuna from losing his position as the greatest archer is an example of self-sacrifice for the greater good, even when faced with personal harm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-culture\/eklavya-story-after-thumb-cutting-dharma-9726525\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress leader Rahul Gandhi spoke of the Mahabharata character Eklavya in Parliament, comparing him to the youth, small businesses, and farmers of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33780,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33779\/revisions\/33780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}