Name:
Gohil Beenaba S
Roll No:
15
Paper No:
4, Indian writing in English-
Pre-Independence
Subject for assignment:
Arjuna comes out as a negative character in T. P.Kailasam’s play “The
purpose”.
Submitted:
M K Bhavnagar University (department of English)
In this play Kailasam tried to high-light
something which in original myth was neglected. such as Arjuna’s concentration
power and guru Drona’s faith on Arjuna about he is the greater archer in the
world. When we talk about Arjuna thoughts and images are com and go in our mind
and we se the character of Arjuan as very grand, just , great archer and so on.
But in this play writer tried to throw the light on the dark side of the
character of Arjuna. As a ambitious and self centered person.
This play is inspired by the epic
Mhabharata in which Arjuna considered as a world famous archer , but in in this
play we can see the struggle of Arjuna for his practice to became the greatest
archer. Whereas the other character of Eklavya a Nishidhaa boy and his reason
of became the greatest archer of the world.
The very begging of the play the all Kuru Princes are practice on the ground and Guru Drona teach
them. At that time Taayaajee Bhishma came there and Guru Drona and Bhishama
both are talking about the training of princes’.
At that time we see the ambitious prince Arjuna.
He has aim to become the greatest archer of the world. The same itself the
Arjuna’s aim of life. He is noble too. It can be seen when Arjuna prostrates
himself before Bhishma. Arjuna called his aim as “personal ambition”. In the
very young aim,his aim was personal it written it is written line this:
Arjuna:’ Yes, Taataajee! Why, I shall HAVE to
remember it, is my personal ambition to be the most famous archer of all time.
In this line we can see Arjuna not only ambitious but also as negative.
Because as a Arya his aim and ambition not must be personal according to that
Arjuana seems to be quite negative.
In between the dialogue of Arjuan with Eklavya and Guru Drona we find
his pride for power and as he is a Arya. As we see on very beginning of play
Guru Drona promises Bheeshma that he only trains the kuru Princes’ , so Arjuna
several time going to remember them that promise as that he is not good pupil.
Such as:-
Arjuna:
(to Guru Drona) you will make me the greatest archer in the world, will you not
Guruji?
Arjuna:
who is he? And what does he want
here
Arjuna:
(turning to Drona and with a wild
gesture of his arms pointing to Eklavya )what is all Gurujee!!?
Arjuna:-
Upset beyomd all control , speake in incoherent spasms) All this…I mean …this mad talk…of this…this…forest…person!(raising
his voice to all frenzied shriek) Who is he, Gurujee ? And what does he want here?
Arjuna: ( addresses Drona in a voice of fraught with a note of
warning) As it is you have not enough time to teach all of us…and if you are
taking another pupil….
Arjuna:
Gurujee you seem to have forgotten all about the promise toy have made to
Taayaajee!!!
Arjuna:
(To Drona) Did you not promise to make me the greatest archer in the world
Gurujee?
So, as we see several time he going to remember his Guru about his promise and sometimes his pride reflects in
his dialogue.
In some of his dialogue we
can se that he himself not confident
that he is the greatest archer of the world or he can become the famous for all time.
As the
play progress he purly comes out as negative character. He can even never
imagine that the Nisheedha boy can also able to became the archer, the greatest
archer. But here we see the difference of them aims. One wants to be the
greatest archer because it is his ambition and the other one wants to be the
greatest archer because he wants to save the innocent animal from the wild. But
because Eklavya is a Nisheedha boy he is not allow to became the archer.
Because the only Arya can became the archer.
In the play Arjuna insulted Eklvya as calling him a low-born Nisheedha
boy, impudent boy,aragged nishaadha urchin, forest boy and as the barbarian.
In
the first act of the play we came to know that Arjuna take pride, “silly Pride”
on his caste and on his wealth. It reflects in his dialogue:
Arjuna: (leering at Eklavya) Gurujee!...to take you!, A Nishaadha !!...as
a fellow-pupil of us royal prince! You must be mad to think of it! Why silly
impudent boy, you do not know how great and noble our Gurujee is ! He has
refuse to tuitions to many hundreds prince who would have given him many jewels
and wealth! And now, would hw take his
pupil a ragged Nishaadha urchin, too poor to give him any DKSHINA?
Here we
see the pride of Arjuna about wealth and of being the pupil of Guru Drona,
though he himself many time knowingly and unknowingly insulted him.
Arjuna
loss his temper in very small meter and he is very hasty by nature. In this
play Arjuna is much centered person from the beginning to the end of the play. In
the play Arjuna is afraid of any competition of archery.
The second act of the play begins
such as:-
ACT: 2
[SIX YEAR LATER]
Place: A GLADE IN THE FOREST
Discover: Dronacharya and Arjuna on a
path which runs Right to Left along the foreground
So
as we see above that the play begins
after six years of last act. Dronacharya and Arjuna both are on the path and
going one place to another at that time they accidentally meet Eklavya , un
knowingly Eklavya saved Arjuna from wild animal and Arjuna became impress form
his archery. But later on he came to know that Eklavyas is the Nishaadha boy
whom he met ago. And suddenly he became agree and feel minor about his skill
and as the greatest archer of the world. When Eklvya teels him that Drinacharya
is his Guru Arjuna not ready to accept
it and than the things are reveal about the statue of Guru Drona and Arjuna became agree on Guru Dronacharya and reminds
him his promise which he gives to Bheeshma.
We can see
Arjuna wholly in this dialogue:
Arjuna:
(Still querulous)meant or
Unmeant
…..I only know that you have Not kept the promise you made! Besides , Gurujee a
moment ago you said , as an archer he has far far ahead of both you and me! If as you both make out
all the archery he knows only what he learn from YOU..how can he have learnt
from YOU .. the archery that has made him greater archer than YOU…??!
Drona: (with knit brows) That is the puzzle
partha,, I am trying to solve convinced as I am that all the archery that this
little man known is what I taught him unknowingly. I cannot see HOW I COULD
HAVE HELPED HIM BECOME A GREATER ARCHER OF THAN MY OWN SELF!?
Eklavya :
(laughing and joyous ring)just when bewildered me at first ,Gurujee ,and made
me ask mother now and again how I could became the greatest archer in the world
…when the guru learnt from ,could still wield a bow!? And mother held every
time that A PIPIL CAN LEARN MORE FROM HIS GURU THAN WHAT THE GURU HIMSELF KNOWS
IF THE PURPOSE OF PUPLE FOR LEARNING IS NOBLER THAN WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE
GURU’S WAS HE LEARNT FROM HIOS GURU!!
Drona: (amazed) Wonderful!
Arjuna: (sardonically) I daresay it is all
wonderful to you, Gurujee! But all wonder will not save you from your danger!!
Eklavya: (Incredulously) “Danger” to
Gurujee!!(laughs) what danger!
Arjuna: Why the being the jeered at by all the
world as one who did not keep his promise! (scoffingly) being a forest-roving
nishaadha, it would mean nothing to you of course! But to Gurujee a renowned
Aryan bramhana, it is a serious thing to suffer the ill repute of being sneered
at as a liar..
After that Arjuna says he tells the truth to the world Guru DRonacharya not kept his promise. He
than ask to Gurujee to solve this problem. And his fear is reflects in this
dialogue:
Arjuna: HARDLY!
Even if you never more handle your bow and shaft for the rest of your
life…wherever...and…whenever I handle MY bow and shaft I shall somehow feel
that in some forest-corner of the world THERE IS A NISHAADHA WHO IF HE WANTS
TO….CAM WILD BOW AND ARROW BETTER THAN I!! and that hardly is REALLY “being” AND “heeling the greatest archer in
the world …and certainly not save Guruee from the ignominy of being know as a L
I A…
This is might the planning of Arjuna to make feel ashamed Eklavya and to
make ready to give him GURUDAKSHINA.
As we
see in detain that throughout whole play Arjuan comes out as a negative
character and an agree man who became temper in such silly thing. As well as
Eklavya who’s purpose is much good than Arjuna to became the greatest archer of
the world. Then also he have to suffer a lot.
But for what ? for his caste? Or for that he is not a Arya or not
belongs from royal Kuru family?
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