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THE DEATH OF KARNA

Now that you are in difficulty, you remem- ber them indeed, but when you and Duryodhana and Duhsasana and Sakuni dragged Draupadi to the Hall of Assembly and insulted her, how was it you forgot them utterly?

You helped to inveigle Dharmaputra, who was fond of play but was unskilled at it, to gamble, and you cheated him. Where had your fairplay hidden itself then?

Was it fairplay to refuse to give to Yudhish- thira his kingdom when according to the pledge the Al twelve years of forest life and the thirteenth year incognito were duly completed? What had happened to the dharma you appeal for now?

You conspired with the wicked men who sought to poison and kill Bhima. You acquiesced in the plot to bum the Panda- vas alive when sleeping in the palace of wax into which they had been lured. What had happened to dharma all that time?

What did dharma tell you when violent hands were laid on Draupadi and you were looking on enjoying the sight? Did you not then mock at her saying: 'Your husbands have left you unprotected, go and marry another husband'?

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