Lesson from Ekalavya to be Learned. The misconception is that Dronacharya asked the right thumb of Ekalavya because he belonged to the lower caste. <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication. com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-2960278825814307", enable_page_level_ads: true }); Punishing Eklavya who excelled in archery for cheating , by cutting off his thumb by Dronacharya as his guru dakshina. It is to teach us to do not to do plagiarism/cheat in our studies/knowledge gaining. It is the same as a Ph.D. holder stripped off his title once found out to be plagiarised his work! Dronacharya decline to accept Ekalavya as his student for many reasons. Not caste. The reasons for Ekalavya was denied by Dronacharya. 1. It is not because of caste, Ekalavya was Krishna's cousin brother . Ekalavya's father, Devashrava, is Vasudeva&#