"The Purpose"was written by T.P.Kailasm
We see in the story of Ekalavya that
Dronacharya teaches archery to Arjuna but cannot accept Ekalavya proposal
because of his promise to Arjuna. Arjuna wants to become the great archer of
the world. And Ekalavya explains that he wants to learn archery to save lives
of innocent animals. Arjuna’s purpose behind learning archery is self centered
while Ekalavya purpose is noble.
The story deals with lower caste student who
is eager to lower to learn archery to protect the fawns from the attack of wolves’
.A small boy called Ekalavya mother shows him the right path. She tells him to
go to a teacher- Drona.
Drona taught the princes only so he refused to teach a “Nishada”. Before seeing Drona,
Ekalavya was worried that he may not fit with the princes and so Drona might
not accept him.
“Frightened as I am, I
MUST WALK UP TO HIM AND ASK HIM! I wonder
how I DARE! He
looks so big and so noble!”
This shows the
inner suffering and thoughts of lower class people while going to an upper
class person. But Ekalavya is firm to meet Drona.
“A person of no pride always remembers that no one can be perfect”. Over
confidence is always dangerous. And “TO ERR IS HUMAN’ should be remembered.
Here a minor character of Mahabharata, the great epic, is made a hero. T.P.
Kailasam drew out a giant and capable character. His mythical characters are
very powerful.
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