Paper : 4 characters of Drona

for educational purpose

1. The Purpose Name : Riddhi Maru Semester : 1 Batch : 2016-2018 Roll No : 29 Paper no : 4 Emil id : [email protected] Presenation Topic : characters of Drona Submitted To : M.K.Bhavnagar University- Department of English

2. Introducation In the epic Mahabharata, Drona or Dronacharya or guru Drona was the royal preceptor to the Kauravas and Pandavas and incarnation of Brahma; an avatar of Brihaspati . He was the son of Rishi Bharadwaja and a descendant of the sage Angirasa . He was a master of advanced military arts, including the divine Weapons or Astras .

3. As a Teacher One day , he saw a number of young boys, the Kauravas and Pandavas gathered around a well. He asked them what the matter was; and Yudhisthira , the eldest, replied that their ball had fallen into the well and they did not know how to retrieve it. Drona laughed, and mildly rebuked the princes for being helpless over such a plain problem. Yudhisthira replied that if he ,the brahmin , could retrieve their ball, the king of Hastinapure would provide all the basic necessities to him for life.

4. Drona first threw in a ring of his collected some grass blades, and uttered mystical vedic chants ,He then threw the blades into the well one after another ,like spcars . The first blade stuck to the ball, and the second stuck to the first, and so on , forming a chain. Drona gently pulled the ball out with this rope of grass.

5. Arjuna , the Favourite pupil When Arjuna , inspired by his brother Bhima’s nocturnal eating , Mastered archery in absolute darkness, Drona , Drona was moved. Drona was greatly impressed by Arjuna concentration ,determination, and drive, and Promised him that he would become the greatest archer on earth . Drona gave Arjuna special knowledge of the divine Astra’s. Drona was Partical especially to Arjuna and Ashwatthama . Drona dearly loved his son Ashwatthama , and as a guru, he loved Arjuna more than anyone.

6. Sword of Drona Drona held the invincible sword of lord Brahma . Bhishma once told the story of this sword to pandava prince Nakula . This sword was the primordial weapon created by the gods for the destruction of evil. The name of the sword was Asi , personification and the primary energy behind all the weapons ever created. As per Bhishma , the constellation under which the sword was born is called krittika , Agni is its deity , Rohini is its Gotra , Rudra is its high precoeptor and whoever holds this weapon obtains sure victory.