To succeed become a ‘Gudaakesa

The favorite student of Dronacharya is Arjuna. Lord Krishna addresses Arjuna as “Gudaakesa”, meaning the one who has conquered sleep and laziness. 

What are the special skills of Arjuna that make him a special student? 

One day while eating dinner it became very dark and Arjuna found that he can eat even in darkness. The hand reaches the mouth without any difficulty. At that moment Arjuna realizes that by practicing the same thing he can achieve anything in life. He realized he can shoot his target even in darkness and started to practice.

In the course of the training Dhronacharya wants his students to aim at a bird’s head. Duryodhana sees the tree, leaves and the bird. Yuddishtra also sees the leaves, branches and the bird. Arjuna says he can see only the bird’s neck and nothing else. This shows the focus of Arjuna. Our aim should be only on the spot that we want to achieve.

Another day Dhronacharya’s leg is caught by a crocodile underwater. He asked his students to free him from the crocodile and save him. Arjuna concentrates and sees the crocodile inside the water focuses and kills it.

The next training given by Dhronacharya to his students was to kill a doll floating in the tank with their eyes closed. Arjuna kills the doll using fifteen arrows, calculating the speed at which the doll floated around in water.

Arjuna was also trained to close the mouth of a dog with arrows while it barks.

Arjuna derived all these skills only by sheer focus and practice. He vanquished his sleep/ignorance and focused to master the skills of archery. 

This is the basic instinct required to progress and experience success….@ps