The last few months have seen a spate of equity NFOs (New Fund Offers) in the mutual fund industry, most of which have seen pretty decent collections. We all are constantly bombarded by noise (superfluous and unneeded information), the challenge is to keep our focus on the controllable and to keep the emphasis on what’s relevant for one’s family. The lesson is similar while trying to build a serious net worth for one’s family over the long term. This ability of Dhyana (focus) helped Arjun to win Draupadi by succeeding in the Matsya Vedh (piercing fish eye). However, Arjun said, “I can only see the eye of the bird”. Every other student gave similar replies. Yudhistar replied, “I see the wooden bird, the branch, the tree, the leaves moving and the other birds”. Before his disciples could shoot, he asked all of them a question- “what do you see?”. Duryodhan accused him of favouring Arjun, to prove him wrong he conducted a test by placing a wooden bird on a tree branch and asked each of them to shoot it’s eye through the arrow. Guru Dronacharya was responsible for teaching both the Pandavs and Kauravs.
It’s time for us to revisit a story from Mahabharat.
