Ekalavya An Epic Story Of India Poem by Gangadharan nair Pulingat..

Epic stories always for moral strength
Greatest stories they give us interest
The Story of such a legend character
Ekalavya the perfect student of archery
Not to gone for direct study of archery
But his ambition and motivation always great.

Ekalavya the great master of archery
Studied the use of arrows in most accuracy
Even sound of enemies he could aim clearly
In such a clear concentration and will power
Enemies and other foes always feared him
He was such a man of great archery skills.

The great Teacher of Archery of the times
Dronacharya taught the royal families
The Great Hero of Kurukshetra war
Arjuna was his best of disciples he loved
Promised no one will be allowed to become
The first of archery in any competitions.

Ekalavya the man of great skills of archery
Self studied praying and making himself the disciple
Of Dronacharya using a little idol of him
Expecting the blessing of the master always
His concentration and ability was such great always.

Unfortunate events passed when he lost his thumb
To keep the promise of Dronacharya to Arjuna
Arjuna being the finest talented one ever
Gone for a hunting expedition to forests
Saw the plight of his hunting dog's mouth
With several arrows that were aimed by Ekalavya
One by one the great master and brilliant archer

Seeing face to face between two great heroes
Asking from whom he got his tricky skills
Ekalavya's bold answer about his great teacher
Dronacharya from whom he studied the skills
In his absence but his own vision and submission
The great tradition of Indian teachers and students

Sad to see an equal competitor of the archery
Told the story to his great teacher Dronacharya
The teacher promised to stick on his words
To make the Arjuna the great archery skilled
Asked Ekalavya to give him his thumb
As a gesture of his services even though absentee
Not a little time took for a decision for Ekalavya
He cut his thumb with such a boldness and give
Cruel it is the story of a great disciple ever.