krsna 3 Report post Posted June 26, 2008 oil on canvas (2004) 52 x 66 cm by Dina Bandhu Dasa Drona to Arjuna. “What do you see?” In a great challenge, Drona sets up a wooden bird upon a tree, and from across the adjacent river, asks the princes to shoot it down by striking its eye. When prince Yudhisthira tries first, Drona asks him what he saw. Yudhisthira replies he saw Drona, his brothers, the river, the forest, the tree and the bird. Drona replies that Yudhisthira would fail and asks another prince to step forward. The others give the same reply, and Drona is disappointed with all. But when Arjuna steps forth, he tells Drona that he sees only the eye of the bird and nothing else. When Drona excitedly asks him to continue, Arjuna replies that he saw only the bird’s eye. Drona asks him to shoot, and Arjuna strikes the bird down in the eye. (Mahabharata, Book I, Adi Parva, Sambhava Parva) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krsna 3 Report post Posted June 26, 2008 Seize the Day! "What is the value of a prolonged life which is wasted, inexperienced by years in this world? Better a moment of full consciousness, because that gives one a start in searching after his supreme interest." (Sukadeva Gosvami, Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto II, "The Cosmic Manifestation") "Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again" (Omar Khayyám) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
