Comments on: Eating in the dark

By: Anish

Anish — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:24:10 +0000

I’m still baffled by why Drona didn’t want Arjuna to eat in the dark if he wanted Arjuna to be so proficient in archery that he could shoot targets in the dark.

By: Saketh

Saketh — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:34:08 +0000

I think that Drona was testing to see if Arjuna was dedicated enough to try mastering archery while unable to see. What do you think?

By: Anish

Anish — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:05:35 +0000

I have the same questions that Priya posed.
When Drona didn’t want Arjuna to eat food in dark, did he say that because he didn’t want Arjuna to learn archery through habit and simple regurgitation of the lessons?

By: Priya

Priya — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:23:33 +0000

I’m a little confused. What does it mean to have reflexive mastery?
It seems like this anecdote is advocating knowing something so well that it is like second nature. Is this supposed to be the incentive – attaining perfection?