lines of the whole chapter .” Guru was surprised and he said “ How is that ?! Those who do not study very sincerely , even they have memorised it all and you are telling me you have learned only two lines !!”
His answer was again “ yes ”. Guru ji was growing angry now , and asked ,” Only two lines ! That ’ s a shame what were you doing and why did you not read it completely ?” ‘ I did ’, answered the child . “ I read it again and again and again but could not manage to hold more than two lines .” By now Guru ji was properly angry . He reminded him that how in being the eldest he is the heir to the throne and how it ’ s his responsibility to be the best since it can-not be otherwise . It was simply unacceptable . His answer was equally calm . “ Please forgive me Guru ji but , I could only learn two lines .” By now Guru ji was fuming in rage and he picked up a branch of tree kept as a ruler to basically use as a pointer while teaching , and now he asked him to open his palm and started the unthinkable . By now all the other princes had also gathered around as it was something new which had never happened before . They were all shocked and some of them ran inside the palace and fetched the patriarch of their clan , their grandfather Bhishma .
He came and got the whole narration of the incidence . This puzzled him as well , given the brilliant track record of the eldest prince . So this time ‘ he ’ asked the child . By now the child ' s face was red and he started to look angry and frustrated . So to the same question he answered “ Pitamah - ( Grandpa ) I thought I learned two lines but it seems I could manage to learn just one .” Now Bhisma asked gently - “ Please explain what do you mean . The great future Dharmaraj { One who always understood the nitty- grities of Dharma - (‘ one ’ s capacity to understand and perform his / her duties in exact and accurate way with full justice ’)} “ Yudhistira answered ”, “ The two lines I have learnt were ”: -
1 . Always speak truth . 2 . Do not let anger hold your head .
“ However , now that I am feeling very angry I think I am capable of learning only one line so far which is ‘ Always speak truth .’
Every one was stunned and in complete awe . Guru ji ( The teacher ) was speechless .( This is the story before great Dronacharya became their Guru ( Full time teacher .)
Once the story finished my mother said “ Do you understand it ? It means no matter how much you read or how many things you memorise ; Only what we implement in life is the real learning . So , if you find one line from your whole book to implement and to follow through in your life , then the time and energy given to that book is worth it .”
It has been with me since then ; Learning is only what we implement . The