Drona was the royal teacher of the Princes of ‘Kuru’ kingdom. One day, he planned to conduct a bow and arrow shooting test for his royal students. He made a wooden bird on the top branch of a big tree. He asked his students to shoot at the center of the bird's eye.
The princes waited for Drona to call their names. He called the oldest brother, Yudhishtira first. Yudhishtira stretched his arrow in the bow string to start shooting at the bird’s eye.
Then Drona asked, “First tell me what all things you can see. ”
Yudhishtira said, “I can see the tree, its branches, the leaves and the bird.”
Then Drona told Yudhistira, “Drop down your bow and arrow, you can’t hit the bird’s eye.”
He called each prince one by one and asked the same question to each one. Everyone answered all the things they could see. He asked them to put down their bow and asked them to wait.
Finally he called Arjuna, his favorite student. He asked, “Tell me Arjuna, What all things you can see?”
Arjuna replied, “I can see only the bird’s eye, nothing else.” Hearing this Drona asked Arjuna to shoot at the bird’s eye. Arjuna's arrow hit perfectly at the center of the bird’s eye.
All other princes were surprised to see this.
Then Drona congratulated Arjuna and explained to other students, “Arjuna hit the bird’s eye because he concentrated only on the target. He was not paying attention to other things that surround the bird.”
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