Practice is the pathway for excellence. An anecdote extracted from Mahabharatha "the great epic of India" substantiates it. This anecdote is pertaining to the period of Gurukulavasam - residential schooling of Pandavas in their childhood.
Arjuna, the third one of Pandavas got up one fine midnight and found that Bhima ( one of his elder brothers - the second one of Pandavas ) was missing. He searched for Bhima and finally found him enjoying sweets in the darkness with out a single lamp. Arjuna was astonished see him eating ecstatically in darkness. He asked him how could he eat in darkness without proper sight. Bhima's answer was 'PRACTICE'.
Arjuna pondered on this incident. He thought, if it's possible for his brother to eat in darkness by practice, then why can't he shoot his arrows in darkness. So Arjuna started practicing his skills in archery in nights- darkness too. This enabled him evolve into one of the stupendous archers. Besides this, his practice in darkness earned him an more great thing.
During one of his practice sessions in nights, his Acharya - teacher Dhrona woke up hearing the noise of his bow and arrows. He found Arjuna passionately practising the skills taught by him in the darkness. He was flabbergasted by the accuracy of Arjuna even in darkness. He realized the passion and flair that Arjuna had for archery. Then he interrupted Arjuna and asked how he could practice archery impeccably even in darkness. Arjuna's answer was "PRACTICE". This earned Arjuna the HEART of his GURU- ACHARYA. Since then, Arjuna was the most favourite disciple of Dhronacharya up til his end.
So PRACTICE made Arjuna not only a Shreshta Dhanurdhari - an excellent archer but also ensconce the lotus heart of his acharya - teacher. So Practice definitely earns us excellence.
Arjuna, the third one of Pandavas got up one fine midnight and found that Bhima ( one of his elder brothers - the second one of Pandavas ) was missing. He searched for Bhima and finally found him enjoying sweets in the darkness with out a single lamp. Arjuna was astonished see him eating ecstatically in darkness. He asked him how could he eat in darkness without proper sight. Bhima's answer was 'PRACTICE'.
Arjuna pondered on this incident. He thought, if it's possible for his brother to eat in darkness by practice, then why can't he shoot his arrows in darkness. So Arjuna started practicing his skills in archery in nights- darkness too. This enabled him evolve into one of the stupendous archers. Besides this, his practice in darkness earned him an more great thing.
During one of his practice sessions in nights, his Acharya - teacher Dhrona woke up hearing the noise of his bow and arrows. He found Arjuna passionately practising the skills taught by him in the darkness. He was flabbergasted by the accuracy of Arjuna even in darkness. He realized the passion and flair that Arjuna had for archery. Then he interrupted Arjuna and asked how he could practice archery impeccably even in darkness. Arjuna's answer was "PRACTICE". This earned Arjuna the HEART of his GURU- ACHARYA. Since then, Arjuna was the most favourite disciple of Dhronacharya up til his end.
So PRACTICE made Arjuna not only a Shreshta Dhanurdhari - an excellent archer but also ensconce the lotus heart of his acharya - teacher. So Practice definitely earns us excellence.
