Why Drone Loved Arjun Most

Ashwatthaamaa was very jealous of Arjun because his father used to love him very dearly. He thought that since he was his son he had more rights than Arjun but Arjun was getting his father's whole love. So one day Ashwatthaamaa asked his father - "May I ask you one thing?" "Yes, why not, ask son what do you want to ask...?" He asked - "You love Arjun most, but not me. I am your son, you should love me the most, why?" Drone said - "You are my son because God created you as my son, but I myself accepted Arjun as my disciple. This is Gurukul, not the courtyard of your house. Nobody else other than you has any right on the courtyard of our house even today. But in the Gurukul, only he will have the maximum rights who will be the best disciple. And Arjun is my best disciple. Arjun is that Nar (human being) because of him we will meet Naaraayan (God)."

Ashwatthaamaa said - "How did you decide that Arjun is your best disciple without taking any test," Drone said - "We can do this also for your satisfaction only."

So one day Drone set up a bird on a branch of a tree and called all princes one by one to pierce its eye. He asked the same questions from everybody. First he called Yudhishthir and asked him to aim at the boird then he asked - "What do you see?" Yudhishthir said - "Prithvi, sky, tree, bird." Then he called Duryodhan and asked - "Aim at the bird, and tell me what do you see?" Duryodhan said - "I see the bird hidden behind leaves." He moved him from there and then called Ashwatthaamaa and asked - "Aim at the bird and tell me what do you see?" Ashwatthaamaa replied - "I see your feet, tree and bird hidden behind leaves."

All were moved from there and then Drone called Arjun in the last and told the same thing - "Aim at the bird. What do you see?". Arjun said - "Guru Jee, I see only the head of the bird." Drone asked "And now?" Arjun said - "And now I can see only one eye of the bird." Drone said - "Whoever archer sees anything other than his aim, he cannot aim it and shoot it. So to be a god archer it is necessary to concentrate only at your aim, then only you can shoot at your aim. A good archer must not see anything else than his aim."

Seeing this Ashwatthaamaa asked for Guru's forgiveness. Drone said - "Ashwatthaamaa, You are the light of my life. It is not good to be jealous with others, because jealousy eats a person like termites. Drone's heir is you, but the best disciple of Drone's Gurukul is this Arjun."