Its an interesting question,as to why karna was abandoned.Many people attribute this to today's standards of morality,and say a girl who has a son before marriage will face social condemnation,ridicule.This is not true.In those days it was common for woman to have have children before marriage.Thats why the kanina putra has been mentioned in different kinds of sons.If it was socially unacceptable to have children before marriage,then kanina putra would not have been mentioned as a substitute for a son.So,there was no social ridicule,then why was karna was abandoned?We should look at certain facts.Kunti was a princess,not just a kshatriya girl.So she having a son by an agirasa rishi who resembled durvasa would have been accepted by society,and also by her father.Though he would not have been too happy.But a princess with a son,would not be acceptable to any king as a wife.If a swayamvara was arranged very few kings would turn up.Ofcourse,if kunti was beautiful,then some kings might turn up.But those kings might have that much wealth,orm ight not be suitable for her.For her to get a suitable king,she will have to abandon Karna.If no king turned up,then kunti might have to marry some kshatriya who is not a king.Someone who might accept karna as an heir to him.But she wont get the life of a queen,that she hoped for.So she abandioned karna.She always wanted kingdom.
It is surprising though as to why she left Karna in a river in a basket.He might have died by drowning.But she didnt care.She put some gold ornaments,and ear rings so that someone might adopt him.It is those ear rings that karna used to wear as a symbol of his lineage.She has other options,like giving him to her kshatriya maids,and ask one of them to adopt them.Or give him to a kshatriya couple who didnt have children.They would be happy to adopt a prince.Maybe she was only fifteen or sixteen at that time,and didnt think of other options.But giving karna to a kshatriya women would have been the best choice.As Karna would be a kshatriya,and wouldn't be discriminated as suta later on when learning Archery or dhanurvidya.
Kunti didnt do anything for karna ,but killed him when she got the boon from karna that he wont kill any pandava except Arjuna.He might have been alive if he killed other pandavas.As a mother kunti didnt do anything to karna,but killed him in the end.
Some people are making a big issue on some words supposedly said by karna to draupadi.There is no proof that he said anything as bhima himself doesnt say that karna said those words.After slashing duryodhana's thighs bhima says duryodhana ordered disrobing of draupadi.The only istance of that ever mentioned again in mahabharata.As for karna supporting duryodhana,duryodhana wouldnt listen to karna or anybody.
So Karna cant be blamed for acts done by duryodhana.
Actually sir, draupadi disrobing is also a later addition
ReplyDeleteI hv not read mahabharat
But I have read many people's views (with passages from mahabharat)
Whenever the dice game is mentioned in those passages the disrobing incident is always skipped
yes,disrobing is a later addition.Immediatly after disrobing vidura continues as if nothing has happened and asks if draupadi has been won rightly or not.No one will ask that question after that.After draupadi was brought to the dice hall,vikarna objects,karna says she was won rightly,vidura then continues.That is what happened.
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