Great Symbols Of Indian Mythology and it's importance in this Yuga! - Page 12

Originally posted by: ..RamKiJanaki..

And yet people prefer characters like Duryodhan and Karna who never did penance, never felt remorse for what they did. 🤢

I honestly do not understand people's skewed mindset, blaming Dharmaraj for his mistake despite his consequent penance and remorse, and glorifying Duryodhan and Karna despite the fact that they made the bigger and worse mistake and never repented. 😕

It's like people of this generation purposefully prefer the villains in the story because it's more fashionable nowadays.

Originally posted by: KanhaKiChutki

Duryodhan and Dusshasan in many ways were worse than anyone, they followed Shakuni's teachings blindly. Tamoguna is more dangerous than Rajoguna, as Krishna points out in the Gita.

The problem with Karna was neither Rajoguna nor Tamoguna, it was the fact that he was unable to rise above his personal Dharma. he is redeemable, for in the last moments of his life he gave himself to Krishna. He repented, in the end.

Originally posted by: ..RamKiJanaki..

Karna was better than Duryodhan and Dusshashan, but he was still a very flawed man and not some anti-hero like people today think. He had the choice to make better choices. He always did. He just chose not to.

He is actually like Bhishma and Dronacharya, who all chose their personal dharma over actual dharma. All three of these characters had many good qualities, but because of their wrong choices which took them further away from Krishna, they met with untimely ends.

Originally posted by: ..RamKiJanaki..

Did Karna actually repent in the end?

I know StarB overdid his repentance and his death scene, but in the epic he merely questions Krishna why's he being killed unrighteously, and Krishna describes all the incidents in his life in which he made unrighteous choices, thus being granted such a death. In the end, Karna merely accepts his faults, but I don't remember reading that he actually repents.

Originally posted by: ..RamKiJanaki..

I agree that Karna was not as bad as Duryodhan and Dushashan. The latter two were the literal worst characters in the entire epic, and I will actually include Dhritarastra to the list. I hate him more than I hate even Dury and Dushy. As a King, he was an utter failure and never made one good decision in his life.

Originally posted by: ..RamKiJanaki..

I agree that Karna was not as bad as Duryodhan and Dushashan. The latter two were the literal worst characters in the entire epic, and I will actually include Dhritarastra to the list. I hate him more than I hate even Dury and Dushy. As a King, he was an utter failure and never made one good decision in his life.

Originally posted by: KrishnaPriyaa

His lust for power did the story. Shri Krishna warns Him so much. Yet.

Dhritarashtra signifies the kind of people who would go to self-destructive hell, ie, you can go there through lust, greed or anger. He had two of them. Lust and greed for power,