Thursday 26 February 2015

Who is karna ? Is Karna killed Is his sons ?


Unknown Facts About Karna










Draupadi had always longed for a husband with wisdom and moral values, who would be strong and well built, a good archer, handsome and intelligent. In Mahabharat, Karna was the only one with these qualities.The gods knew Draupadi's wish well ahead of time and gave all these qualities to one man, Karna. Also, all these qualities weren equally divided in the Pandavas (Yudhishthir for moral values, Bhim for physical strength, Arjun for archery, Nakul is handsome and Sahadev is most intelligent).






Karna was the best archer (next to Eklavya) too and Arjun was no match for him. Dronacharya knew that Karna is far superior than Arjun, hence he denied to teach him archery lessons.Bhishma knew that Karna was superior to Arjun and thus prevented him from entering the war during initial days.It was fate or destiny that parted Draupadi and Karna. He would have been a better 'only' husband for her than the five she got. He was better than the Pandavas in every possible way and he loved Draupadi too.He had attended her Swayamvar only to marry her, but was asked by Krishna to opt out, as he was not the King’s son. Although Krishna knew, he was originally a king.Draupadi too was impressed by Karna’s look and wanted to know him more, but she was made to believe that Karna was not a suitable match.As was his destiny, Draupadi married the Pandavas and Karna was disappointed. 






He then married twice in his lifetime. Karna's first wife was Vrushali. She was Satyasen's sister. She belonged to the Charioteer Clan. Karna's adoptive father Adhiratha wanted Karna to get married to her.



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Vrushali went sati on Karna's pyre after his death. Duryodhan also mentions that Vrushali was not an ordinary person but of a very high character equivalent to Karna.Karna's second wife's name was Supriya. Nothing much has been talked of Supriya in the great epic. Even in the case of Vrushali, very little is known. Karna had 9 sons from Vrushali and Supriya. His son’s names are - Vrishasena, Vrishaketu, Chitrasena,  Satyasena, Sushena, Shatrunjaya, Dvipata, Banasena and Prasena.






All his sons took part in the Kurukshetra war. Prasena was killed by Satyaki,  Shatrunjaya, Vrishasena and Dvipata by Arjun, Banasena by Bhim, Chitrasena, Satyasena and Sushena by Nakul. Vrishakethu was his only son who survived the war. Karna's eldest wife Vrushali went sati after Karna's death.After the war, when the Pandavas were made aware of Karna's lineage, Vrishakethu was offered to be the King of Indraprasth, being the son of their eldest brother. He was under the patronage of Arjun and took part in various battles that preceded the Ashvamedh yagna.








When Karna was dying, Krishna came to take his test of his Philanthropy (danveerta). Karna said he didn't have anything to give. Krishna reminded him that he had a golden tooth. Karna picked up the nearby stone, broke his tooth, and gave it to Krishna. At this Krishna told him to ask anything, he wishes.Karna said he was cheated a lot because he was a suta-putra - son of a charioteer. He wanted that next time Krishna(Tarak Brahma) comes on earth, he should do something for the unprivileged class of the society. Secondly, he wanted that next time Krishna came, he should take birth in his kingdom. And third, he wished that his last-rights should be done at a place where there is no sin. So Krishna did his last-rights on his hands.Karna's real name was Dambhodabhava. 






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