With this deed, he immortalized himself as the epitome of an ideal student. Without hesitation, Eklavya cut his thumb with a knife and placed it at the Guru’s feet. On being asked what he could offer, Dronacharya asked for his right thumb knowing well that without the thumb he could not shoot. Not wanting to have a rival archer against Arjuna and observing that Eklavya had his image as the teacher, Dronacharya asked him for Guru Dakshina, the offering to be made to the teacher. When this feat came into the notice of Arjun, he was upset that there was a better archer than he was. Once, disturbed by the barking of a dog, he shot arrows in its mouth to shut it up without hurting it. Undeterred, he kept a clay image of Dronacharya before him and practised archery becoming very proficient in it. Eklavya, a tribal boy was refused to be taken as a disciple to learn archery by Guru Dronacharya who taught only the Kshatriyas and the Brahmins.
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