We are always told that karna had two curses,And he was killed because of those curses.This is not true.One curse is that of his guru parashurama,who cursed that he will forget mantras of celestial weapons when he needs them.Another curse is that of a Brahmin which said that his chariot wheel will sink in ground and he will be killed.These are later additions.The guru that Karna went is not parashurama but someone who resembled parashurama.He is another person who knows the sastas and astras well.He seems to have taught Drona first.And he probably lived remotely.And he also might have been as the same age as Bhishma is.
He saw karna and first taught him basic archery.And then becoming impressed,he taught him all divyastras.
karna didnt lie to him that he was a brahmin.And that guru after looking a karna knew that he was a natural born kshatriya.And he conisdered karna as his equal.he gave a special astra called bhargavastra.This could be something else though for karna to acheive victory over his enemies.Karna knew that he was better than Arjuna in archery,thats why he challenged him.The second curse is also false.karna wont practice archery where cows are around.Someone like him always practices in a remote place.The reason why this curse was invented was to shield Arjuna from the unrighteous killing of karna in mahabharata war.And also to shiled krishna who asked Arjuna to do it.
There is a curse so they killed karna,so they werent repsonsible was the logic of the manupualtors.Otherwise wouldnt people say that Arjuna didnt follow the rules of war,and killed karna in an adarmic way.The manupulators wanted Arjuna not to do any Adharma.Karna's chariot sunk as it went into soft soil as mahabharata says.Karna,Arjuna were fighting for an hour,and karna was having an upper hand.First Arjuna's chariot wheel sunk a little,then krishna got down and pulled it out.karna conitinued fighting as Arjuna was in the chariot.Then karna's chariot sunk.It is then that shalya showed his loyalty to the pandavas by not getting down to pull the chariot wheel out.Karna asked shalya to pull the chariot out,shalya refused.shalya is a relative of pandavas though he might not be their uncle.So karna had to get down to pull the chariot out.he could not take an another chariot becasue there was no chariot near him at that time.Dushasana was killed,and kaurava warriors near him went away.He was fighting alone with Arjuna.Duryodhana,Ashwatthama were watching from a distance.And karna asked Arjuna to wait as someone on the ground unarmed cant be atacked.But here krishna says karna is wicked asks Arjuna to kill karna.karna grabbed his bow and a few arrows and started fighting on the ground.Soon they were exhausted.The arrows were stored in an place in a chariot and karna couldnt get them without climbing on the chariot.karna did shoot an arrow which made Arjuna stop for a few seconds,and then he again tried to pull the chariot out.Arjuna recovered,and then killed karna.The chariot could have been pulled out by shalya.If shalya has pulled out the chariot,then karna would have continued fighting and defetaed or killed Arjuna or retreated as it was just a hour to sunset.And then he could have come again next day killed Arjuna.Arjuna was exhausted after fighting with karna.And he realsied that he will not be able to kill karna except in this way.If Arjuna is that great a warrior as he is projected to be,he would have waited till karna pulled the chariot out or allowed karna to return and comeback next day.He didnt do it,and hence we can say karna is a better warrior than Arjuna.
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