I completely agree with u..we criticize reservation but considering the height of injustice and social evils like caste system that prevailed and is still prevailing,giving reservation to the classes who have been ignored in every field...who did not have any basic rights is completely justified He never forgot this gesture of his friend Duryodhana and so in order to show his gratitude towards this unconditional friendship vowed to aide Duryodhana all through his life and in all conditions, good or bad. Duryodhana thus becomes the most powerful and the wealthiest man in the world. Among these include the Panchals, the kings of the Himalayas, the Angas, the Kalingas, the Magadhas, Chedi, Yavana, etc. A son and a daughter appeared during the Yagya and God Yajna promised King Darupad that these siblings would avenge his loss. Karna’s pledge of never returning anyone empty-handed was known to all. After the curse of Parashurama that he would forget his knowledge of the Brahmanda Astra the moment he needed it the most, he was cursed twice Furthermore. Or there may be possibility that Karna was not a son of Kunti. Do you guys think and contemplate about dharma and what happens in future or be grateful to the person who gave you the opportunity. He was the one along with Duryodhana who was involved in the poisoning of Bhima, he was involved in the assassination attempt of the Pandavas and Kunti in the lac … The Brahmin got angry and cursed him that he would die helplessly in the same way that his innocent cow had died. he was punished for others' crimes. Mahabharata was probably the only ancient epic which showed the grey shades in humans. Society may not be fair, but the existence is perfectly fair – unless you do the right things, the right things will not happen to you. Despite the increasing pain Karna sat still. If 5 pandavas were following dharma and hence, the Lord supported them, then what about Kunti. Many people knew him as a loyal, brave, and trustful. Was Karna Good or Bad? He defeated karna 3 times and won 13 FACE-OFF. As I said, Karnas actions were in effect reactions to his circumstances. There is a bond between the actor and character. Actually before the Jesus birth Sent Joseph spend most of his time outside home, so Jesus followers made a fictional story that Joseph didn't have a sex with Marry and Jesus come out of virgin womb. And he does not deserve to be thought of as a negative person. Karna was right in his way.. At every point life was unfair to him. Just wish to disagree where it says " It is only individual human beings who try to judge you as good and bad. Enough said! Now what i am going to say, most of you may abuse me and call me ignorant. Shatrunjaya, Vrishasena, and Dvipata were slain by Arjuna. In India, Karna is considered as an anti-hero. Only so can it be considered 24K gold, other than that, it has a lower value, anywhere from 6k to 24k. I feel karna was a victim of social abuse, he may have suffered but he lived a glorious life. This caused great pain to Mother Earth and she cursed him, that when he would be the most vulnerable, she would abandon him. Never did Duryodhana claimed his name for Karna's charitable actions. I felt happy getting into the costume and becoming Karna and going through the era again. Daanveer, Vasusena, Radheya, Angaraja, Rashmirathi, Suryaputra, etc were the names he was known by and he did justify each and every one of it. Draupadi had nothing personal against him and she was not prejudiced against his caste, it was just an excuse thought of in a haste. Vrishakethu was his only son who survived the war. Do right things and right things will happen to you!!! Sudama was killed by Arjuna at Draupadi’s swayamvara when he was 9 years old. Karna Followed ethics, dharma and finally what he got is unfair death. In most … One afternoon Parashurama was tired and rested his head in Karna’s lap. The name “Karna” is inspired by Hindu mythology. Karna is among the most popular and complex characters in the Mahabharata, showing both nobility and nastiness over the course of the story. Kunthi did one single mistake in her life so she suffered for saving her son but she couldn't do that. God Rama killed Bali by hiding from him as he was walking on wrong path. Dear friend, After a strategic but remorseless decision, Ghatotkacha was sent to attack the Kaurava’s army as the battle continued beyond sunset one day. He remains as a tragic figure for millions of Hindus and Indians. yes true. He is a sweet mango gone bad. Intelligence will pay off in the long run. As Arjuna would have died if Karna had had the armour, on Krishna’s advise, Indra [Arjuna’s father] went in disguise and got the last armor of Karna, much before the war began. It was yourself, Duhshasana, Duryodhana, and Shakuni who ordered Draupadi to be brought into the … Karna was the son of Kunti from the Sun God. Parashurama accepted his request and started training Karna. Krishna – Do you agree that Duryodhana is wrong and that he is the only one responsible for this war? Where is the line between ritouesness and peace? Karma is always fair and it does not have a grey area. He requested Arjuna to follow the ethics of war and wait till he fixes his chariot wheel. He is a tragic hero in the Mahabharata, in a manner similar to Aristotle's literary category of "flawed good man". He says to Karna that “You will only forget all your knowledge when you need it the most while fighting against an equal enemy. When Karna heard Thammi asking Radhika to promise that she would never go back to work again, he … May the future not blame him for the mistakes which he made, but bring out the other side of Karna as well. According to the Mahabharata, Karna was married to Vrushali. However if you come to think of it, all he wanted was acceptance in the first place. This has become a trend now a days that we relate these fictional events to Science. Also Krishna adopted to Adharma to kill Adharmi people but still he is considered God because his intentions were to form righteous Dharmic environment. Such was the loyalty of the eldest Pandav who died being faithful for his friend, who endured a lifetime of insults and was cheated the rightful name and title. Karna becoming a warrior: Karna approached Parashurama (the Warrior-Brahmin) and requested to train him. Hearing Karna's plea, Lord Krishna said, "It is by good luck, O son of Radha, that you are now remembering virtue. When you find a gold nugget, it comes with impurities, and those impurities must be removed in order for the gold in the nugget to be considered pure. Karna’s weakness was his insecurities, constantly being taunted and deprived of opportunities because he belonged to a lower caste. Real life is not not that interesting and don't have twist and turn But if you read ancient and history books such as Ashoka , Akbar, History of Europe, Roman Empire, Reformation. And in a nutshell what I understand is 'Society might be unfair to you, just hold on and give them back a smile'. In this military adventure, Karna waged wars all over the world and made submission of entire kingdoms in the world. Karna was born with one of armours as a natural protection, the last one left of Sahasrakavacha. Especially in Sieg vs Karna. I cannot leave my friend when he needs me the most. This is very clear when we read through the slogas saying even after Arjuna strikes Karna's throat with Anjalika Astra his life remains in body because Dharma Devda showers her blessing over his life since he is the only human birth till that date on earth who followed only Dharma. when during the contest in hastinpur why kunthi kept her mouth shut.she has chances to reveal the secret on that time.if she revealed the secret why karna going to make friendship … Karn is one of my favourite characters, always. Do you know that your presence in the Kaurava camp ensures that Dharma has to fight harder for victory? Brahma bless him with this boon and thus he was born to Arjuna and Subhadhra. Karna – the force has its own reasons, I have my own reasons. Why did not he inform, Karna before he could become friend of Duryodhana! Karna became famous as the rival of Arjuna, the great hero of Hindu mythology. Kunti before becoming a kind mother to 5 (3+2) pandavas, she was a demon to the eldest of them all, Karna! Though there was no hatred in his heart, he worked it up all the time and came out meaner than anyone. krishan reveals karna's past life karma to arjun and yudhister. If existence was not like this, there would be no value for doing the right things or for human intelligence. And Karna finishes the remaing 85 years of Sahasra Kavacha after losing his Kavacha. His indebtedness to his friend Duryodhana took the better of him. He thought Karna was a Brahmin. Well Arjuna did kill so many Nagas at khandiva in cold blood ,it's the only reason ashwasena entered Karna's quiver and nagas weren't just animals because Arjuna even married one ,Arunachala literally slit Ashwasena's mother in 2 parts and when the kid ashwasena was fleeing he was cursed to never achieve glory ! Although Karna and Radhika were not on good terms at the time, he protected her and stood between the two when Joy approached to hit her. He is a sweet mango gone bad. This curse would come to haunt him in his final fight. Please be aware of both types of people (Bhishma, Drona and Kripa type) who come as judges and lawyers and those others like Karna with a reputation of a good person but not so good from the inside who can interpret a wrong thing as right. 13.Again when keechak molested panchali, 'dharmaraj' said tob quiet & deal with it....this was also dharma ? Karna joined the Duryodhana's side in the Kurukshetra war. Ever since I have started meditating though, I see all this talk about non-duality which makes sense but sometimes meditators behave inappropriately, naively or unethically and since they don't believe in morality as such, they think that it's fine. Karna died - he just died no matter what he did or how much good aspects he did. Why should Lord reveal parentage to Karna at the very end of everything. Karna lied him that he is Brahmin, as Karna knew that Parashurama will train only Brahmins. 5.panchali after inviting Karna to the swayamawar rjecting him was also dhram ? You deserve to be the king of Hastinapura. Karna did several good things but what good was it to him in the end? Moreover Science is base on the theories and logic. He was a wonderful guy but he continuously made mistakes. Also, all these qualities had been equally divided in Pandavas (Yudhistira for moral values, Bhima for physical strength, Arjuna for archery, Nakula is handsome and Sahadev is the most intelligent). Bringing tribute and allegiance from all the world’s kings, Karna helped Duryodhana to perform the Vaishnava yagna to please Vishnu and crown Duryodhana as “Emperor of the World”, as Yudhishthira did with the Rajasuya Yagna. He was a wonderful human being gone totally bad because he invested in bitterness. Vasuki could only be pacified by the eldest Kunti-Putra (Karna). True, the Mahabharat could have been something else! He was resentful because he did not know whose child he was. Both sides got ultimately wiped out and there was a colossal loss of life. Karna – With all due respect to you, who are you to define what is my dharma?. So, everyone in life has some good and bad qualities, it is only the balance between the two decides which side you fall into. After all, he is one who shot the arrow, Shri Krishna was only advising him on what to do. Wait. And in the end Shri Krishna advised Arjuna to do tit for tat. Subscribe now. But during Vastraharanam episode it is said that Karna too passed some lewd comments which have been justified by many to provoke the Pandavas to do something. Karna - The Suta Putra (son of a charioteer) Karna is the son of Kunti (mother of Pandavas) and Surya (Sun God). Why did rishi called a 17 year old girl to serve him at night. 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Abhimanyu died - he just died , that's it ! Maybe he actually was in reality, but as far as society was concerned, he wanted to be somebody he was not. He had everything that life could offer. I know he is wrong but that has nothing to do with my gratitude. What could a newborn baby do wrong consciously? Adharmi who used to DO WRONG THINGS, CRIME & DECEIT were killed by krishna by adopting adharma. There seemed to be no place for forgiveness and ahimsa. If it is so, then i would rather chose the side of Adarmik Karna & Kauravas. No person in the entire universe, except Lord Vishnu and Indrajit, the son of Ravana had performed this Vaishnava sacrifice before. He was ready to fight with Jarasandh as well. If you don’t do the right things, the right things do not happen to you. Thus, Karna teaches us to remain resolute if we wish to achieve our goal. He never recovered because he made too many wrong turns. In many ways he was also a big king’s sidekick. Because Kunti belonged to a king family and was later became a queen of Hastinapur. But please don't make Karna's death happened as a result of not doing right things. Actually I would like to make one point here. You are absolutely right but now a days some Dharmic Arjuna fans state that karna Krishna meeting is an interpolation ,suddenly everything good related to Karna is interpolated on a later date to glorify him ,I am like out of all the warriors in Mahabharata why is only karna getting glorified ? However, what the above article says is that he was destroyed not because of the society's injustice toward him, but because of the hatred that he had nurtured within him as a reaction to the injustice meted out to him. Yes today karna is more famous than Arjuna,therefore, he has won the battle & war. Karna – My Dharma is to protect my friend when he needs me the most. A life can never be imagined without the component of natures such as earth, air, soil, fire so we called them a lords such as agni dev, pavan dev, surya dev and worship them. And many of these so called interpolation are even mentioned in the the most authentic of text which is BORI (which as made after more than 50 years of research) so it's really hard to believe that some brahmins and sutas who were soul possessors of the knowledge of Mahabharata would glorify a villain supposedly ,the annals of BORI also mention that Draupadi vastraharan is an interpolation because all other instances mention only draupadi getting dragged by dusasana ,even Krishna during Karna's final moments only mention about his silence when Draupadi was dragged but what can we do ,the social media like quora to even this site is filled with Arjuna fans or Krishna bhakts that all of them are spewing against karna either subtly or directly ! Kids, youth, householders or ascetics, everyone’s a fan of Shiva. Lord Krishna asked Karna how he knew that the Pandavas would win the war, to which he replied, "Kurukshetra is a sacrificial field. As a company, Karna works to embody these same principles and strive to always being “on target.” On the one hand he pledged loyalty to Duryodhana and it was his duty to defeat the Pandavas which he could have done by defeating and killing them, he refused to do so because of his promise to Kunti. Comes every Thursday. Bheema even managed to insult him and compare him to a stray dog. Another fact on this is Karna is here to live the remaining life of the Rakshasa Sahasra Kavacha, a devote of Surya who survives with his one last kavacha at the end of Treta yuga after a war with the Nara-Narayana. Karna still had some of the greatest qualities despite the tragedies and curses he had which none of the pandavas had. Society did made the existence into unfair which is why the Supreme Lord through Kurukshetra War destroyed all the Kings (Kshatriyas) who were anti social and the root cause for the existence to become unfair. It was also a fictional story created by his followers.Mother Marry was already married to Joseph during the Jesus birth. Karna could not attempt to drive it away as it would disturb his master. I still feel so bad for this hero, who could have eclipsed all the others. if birth of child could be possible through mantras then why exactly these kind of incidents mentioned in other books and happened with other women at that time. All our lives are like that – if we make one wrong choice, it takes ten years to recover, isn’t it? Suryaputra or not, how can someone be born with an armour that protects the heart and the ears? 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