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| Culture Course |
KARNA |
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join the Pandavas, won’t people say I have done so out of fear? Would you like your
son to be called a coward? You know that ingratitude is the worst sin. Please therefore
forgive me if I cannot accept your suggestion. Kunti again asked: "Don’t you have any love and respect for me, your mother?" Karna said: "All right. I won’t harm your other four sons. I shall give battle only to Arjuna. He has insulted me. Either I will kill him or he will kill me. In either case, you will still have five sons left!" Kunti on hearing it consoled herself saying: "Let whatever is destined, happen. He has at least promised to spare my other sons," and returned home sad. In the battle Karna fought bravely and Arjuna could kill Karna only with the help of Krishna. Karna was a great hero indeed. His name has become proverbial for charity. |
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