Practice makes man perfect!

Good morning teachers and good morning friends!

Today I will tell you a short story from one of the great Indian Literature –
Mahabharatha, written by Sage Vyasa. As we all know, Mahabharatha is the story of
Pandavas and Kauravas. There are many good morals that we can learn from this epic.
One of such moral is – Practice makes man perfect. Let’s start the story now.

Long back there was a prince named Arjun. His father Pandu was the king. Arjun had 4
brothers. Those 5 brothers were called as Pandavas. Their Guruji’s name was
Dronacharya.

Arjun was a master in Archery. Archery means skill of using Bow and Arrow. Whenever
Guruji taught about Archery, Arjun learnt it so well.

One day Arjun was practicing the same. Each and every arrow he shooted, hit the
target perfectly. Guruji saw this and said ‘Awesome Arjun! If you practice like this every
day, you will soon become number one’.

Arjun touched his feet and took blessings. Then Guruji said ‘Arjun, I will teach you how
to shoot arrow in the darkness. You can simply use your hearing skills and shoot the
arrow correctly.’

Arjun could not believe this, and said ‘Guruji, this is not possible. How can we do that in
darkness, just by listening, and not seeing’

Guruji didn’t answer this and left.. Later that day, Guru Dronacharya and the Pandavas
sat together for dinner. Suddenly, all the lamps went off and the place was covered with
utter darkness. They could not see each other. Though it was dark, all continued
eathing their food. As we know, one of the Pandavas was Bheema, who was very fond
of food.

Guruji raised a question to Bheema – ‘Bheema, are you eating correct? Is the food
going to your mouth properly?’ Bheema was surprised to hear such a silly question. He
said ‘Yes Guruji’.

Then Guruji spoke to Arjun – ‘Arjun, it is so dark now. Are you keeping the food
correctly in your mouth?’ Arju was amazed and said ‘Why should I keep it somewhere
else Guruji, I am keeping it in my mouth only’.
‘How is that possible in darkness?’ asked Guruji, and Arjun answered ‘Why not Guruji?
Every day I eat my food and I know how to take my hand to my mouth even in
darkness’.

<< to the class -- Friends, let us all close our eyes and pretend like eating food. Look at
that!! We are able to do it even with our eyes closed>>

Guruji told the Pandavas - ‘See, with practice, everything is possible. Likewise, if you
practice, you can shoot arrow exactly on the target even in darkness’. Everyone
accepted and nodded their head.

So friends, let us understand that nothing is impossible if we do good practice. Moral of

the story is – Practice makes man perfect.