Mind your business
Dronacharya wanted to test his students. He ordered
them to pierce the right eye of a bird sitting on the branch of a tree. The
disciples of Dronacharya took turns to test their ability. When Bhim came to
the front stage, Dronacharya asked him about things he was seeing. Bhim answered,
“I am seeing the entire tree, then the branches and the bird moving around, and
finally the right eye of the bird. I also see you and many respectable persons
sitting around.” Dronacharya laughed aloud. Bhim could not understand mystery
behind his laughter. He fired the arrow which could never reach the target. Similarly,
other disciples also could not pass the test as their as they lacked concentration.
In the end Arjun came. Dronacharya asked the same question from him. He
answered, “I am seeing only the right eye of the bird which I have to pierce
with my arrow.” Dronacharya was very much satisfied by his answer and was quite
happy to find that Arjun pierced the right eye of the rotating bird with his
arrow in a single attempt and had thus successfully achieved the target. The
lesson to be learnt from this episode of the Mahabharat is that one should
concentrate on his work hundred percent, then only he can achieve something
marvellous.
Persons who do not concentrate on their work, keep
disturbing others. If we remain involved in our work, we do not have time to
find fault with others or to create problem for others[p1] .
So, the best thing is that we keep engaged constructively and should not
unnecessarily disturb others with our views on any issue unless they are willing
to listen. Unsolicited advice does not lead to any meaningful solution.
God has given
us everything that we need but the problem is that we are unable to make proper
use of our own resources and keep envying when others achieve something better.We
have limited time which we can either use in positive way or fritter away in
gossips. Every day we get a blank cheque in the form of a new day. We have
option to write anything by doing things of our choice. We may spoil our time
in quarrelling, sleeping or gossiping. Alternatively, we can spend our time in
good things like reading books, or doing some other constructive things.
Ultimately the day will pass. Time that has passed away will never return. If
we make constructive use of our time and energy, we can accomplish a lot. We
can make big achievements. On the other hand, if we just keep finding fault
with others or try to bring others down, we can never improve. Our time will be
wasted over useless things. At the end, we will feel disappointed to find that
many persons who were much below us have grown and achieved much more.
We see striking difference between achievements of
some persons. They live in the same world but the way they think and act makes
the difference. If we concentrate on our positive actions and let our energy
utilized for the designated purpose we can achieve much more than we ever
dreamt of. We become our own enemy by spoiling our time and energy in negativities.
Time and energy which is lost in finding fault with others can be better utilized.
That is how successful persons have behaved and won in this world which is
otherwise full of conflicts.
Everybody acts as per his nature. The fact of the
matter is that we keep advising others without understanding the implications.
We should, therefore, not disturb anybody in perusing his self-designated path.
If we do so, we cannot help them in any manner. Not only he would be deflected
from his own way but will probably not be able to follow the path being shown
by us. We should, therefore concentrate upon our own business in life so that
we are able to achieve the best.
Everybody has different situation to face in life.
Accordingly, there cannot be a solution common to all the problems that the
people confront in day to life. But living in peace and harmony is definitely a
common desire but for which the very existence of mankind can be endangered. We
must, therefore, think twice before taking a decision affecting others. We must
not do something which we would not like to be done to us.
Nature exists because of unique balance it is
maintaining automatically. The Sun, the Moon, the Earth and for that matter
millions of stars and planets are rotating in their fixed circles without
disturbing any other planet and that is how they are surviving for millions of
years. Nobody knows for certainty as to how this is happening but it happens
and that is helping all of us to live in this wonderful world happily and
peacefully. Let us all take lesson from this and try to be accommodative and
adjust with others. Then alone we can prosper and live a happy life.