Originally posted by: nikitagmc
At this juncture, I would like to add one more point for those who don't know much about Karna.
When he had been shot by Arjuna's arrow and was at his deathbed, then his father the Sun God and Lord Indra were debating about his generosity. So they came disguised as beggars, and asked him for alms. Dying and bleeding, Karna said that he had nothing to give them. One of them then pointed out that there was some gold in his tooth. (He probably had a tooth/filling of gold). So Karna broke his tooth with a stone 😭 and gave it to the beggars.👏👏👏
It was a sign of the way he had led his life.⭐️ After that he died.😭
Pity that the performance had to be done in 2 and a half minutes only, so they couldn't show this part.
yes, it was sad that we could see only 2.5 minutes..karna's life had various tales of generosity..
i remember reading one long back where krishna and arjun argued over yudhishthir and karna. arjun wasn't happy that krishna always held karna in high regard for his generosity, when yudhishthir was known to be magnanimous as well. krishna thought of a test to decide this so he disguised himself and arjuna as brahmins who wanted dry sandalwood to perform a yagya. they went to yudhishthir first and asked for some sandalwood. as it had rained then, yudhishthir could not help them much. next, they went to karna in the same disguise and asked for sandalwood. karna wondered how to give them dry sandalwood. he noticed that his palace doors and furniture were also made of sandal, so he broke them down and gave it to the brahmins. arjun then learned why krishna always praised karna as
daanveer.another version is given here
http://thekarna.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/yudhishthir-and-karna/Edited by peachesnplums - 14 years ago
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