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@ThePirateKing - I said Karna did not care about the outcome of the war, not the state of the war. Karna concentrated more on what he was doing there, without caring the ultimate result, is what I meant. I don't know minute details of battles of others. I think Bheeshma fought for Kauravas bevause he had given a promise to Dury. No idea when & why, but Bheeshma mentions a promise that he already had given to Dury, in Udyoga parva. Bheeshma was the one who never acted against his promise. Remember his words in Adi Parva - I shall abandon three worlds and kingdom of gods, but never truth, in any way. That could be why Dury appointed Bheeshma as the commander; Bheeshma never mixed his feelings with his duty. He never told he would not kill Ps. He told he would continue slaying them till he got killed.
@Sanz - jyeshthest was around 32 when Draupadi got married.
@Anu - I remember you already told me that. But his presence there is surprising. And Karna chose Arjuna because he was basically an archer & only Arjuna was the P side archeer equal to him. That also was according to battle rules, I think.
@ashne - Karna's no son accompanied him in Draupadi swayamvara. It is not there in KMG & CE. In KMG, Karna was a participant & in CE, he only accompanied Dury.
Arjuna had no problem in accepting Karna's duel challenge. But after rangabhoomi event, he did not get a chance. In KK war, he could not do it till day 15 as he was always kept away from Karna by Krishna till Karna lost Vasavi Shakti. On day 15, Drona got killed & Arjuna was behind vengeful Ashwathama & Narayana astra. On 16th day, when Karna took Vijaya (he used that bow only twice in his life AFAIK) & shot Bhargavastra, Arjuna told Krishna that it was impossible to stop Bhargavastra & Krishna takes Arjuna away making the excuse of visiting Yudhishthira who was in stress. The next day, they did a duel & Arjuna killed Karna, is what happened IIRC.
@Sanz - jyeshthest was around 32 when Draupadi got married.
@Anu - I remember you already told me that. But his presence there is surprising. And Karna chose Arjuna because he was basically an archer & only Arjuna was the P side archeer equal to him. That also was according to battle rules, I think.
@ashne - Karna's no son accompanied him in Draupadi swayamvara. It is not there in KMG & CE. In KMG, Karna was a participant & in CE, he only accompanied Dury.
Arjuna had no problem in accepting Karna's duel challenge. But after rangabhoomi event, he did not get a chance. In KK war, he could not do it till day 15 as he was always kept away from Karna by Krishna till Karna lost Vasavi Shakti. On day 15, Drona got killed & Arjuna was behind vengeful Ashwathama & Narayana astra. On 16th day, when Karna took Vijaya (he used that bow only twice in his life AFAIK) & shot Bhargavastra, Arjuna told Krishna that it was impossible to stop Bhargavastra & Krishna takes Arjuna away making the excuse of visiting Yudhishthira who was in stress. The next day, they did a duel & Arjuna killed Karna, is what happened IIRC.
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