Dronacarya, son of Bharadwaja muni was born in a vessel called drona. During his childhood days, he was classmate of Drupada, the prince of Panchala and later father of Draupadi, who was Arjuna’s wife. Out of friendship, Drupada had promised to share half his wealth with Dronacarya. Later however King Drupada refused to accept his old friend as worthy of his wealth. Dronacarya then prepared to teach his friend a lesson. He learnt the art of warfare from Lord Parasurama, married to the sister of Kripacarya, the royal teacher of Hastinapur and got himself appointed as teacher of military art of the Pandavas and Kauravas. After his teachings got over, he sent his student, Arjuna to defeat King Drupada in battle.
King Drupada wanted to take revenge of this humiliation and performed a great sacrifice, by which he received the benediction of having a son (Dhrstadyumna) who would be able to kill Dronacarya. Dronacarya knew this perfectly well, and yet as a liberal brahmana he did not hesitate to impart all his military secrets when Dhrstadyumna was entrusted to him for military education. Now, on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, Dhrstadyumna took the side of the Pandavas and arranged their military phalanx, after having learnt the art from Dronacarya.
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