{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61a5495fd20fb600197c82fd/61a5496c32c9c0001a811f17?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Mahabharata Episode 5: The Guru Arrives","description":"<div id=\"attachment_1280\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http://nynjbengali.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Dronas_test.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1280\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1280\" title=\"Drona tests his students\" src=\"http://nynjbengali.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Dronas_test-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"Drona tests his students\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https://nynjbengali.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Dronas_test-300x228.jpg 300w, https://nynjbengali.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Dronas_test-393x300.jpg 393w, https://nynjbengali.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Dronas_test.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" /></a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drona tests his students</p></div>\n<p>In this episode, Guru Dronacharya arrives in Hastinapura and awes the Kuru princes with his skills. Bhishma retains him as the royal arms and weapons trainer for the Pandava and Kaurava brothers. Arjuna excels in archery. Ekalavya, a tribal boy, comes to Drona to learn from him. Drona refuses to accept him as a student. But Ekalavya masters the art of archery by practicing in front of a statue of Dronacharya for which he had to pay the ultimate guru dakshina.</p>\n<p>Listen to the podcast below or subscribe in iTunes store (free.)</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Sudipta Bhawmik"}