Originally posted by: stormborn
Wait what !!?? Krishna too betted Draupadi like she's a sack of potatoes !!!!!!!!!????????
Mahabharata the Epic of Epics has some beautiful aspects of humanity for us to understand and adhere to. If you really want to learn the truest aspect of what it is to be in a human form and play the character well, Krishna’s conversation with various characters in the Epic, especially Arjuna, Karna, and Draupadi are priceless and are sure to answer so many questions we keep searching answers for.
In one such dialogue between Karna and Krishna; Karna asks him the most painful question that had pained him all his life, followed by many other such questions.
He asks Krishna – “My mother left me the moment I was born. Is it my fault I was born an illegitimate child?”
I did not get an education from Dhronacharya because I was considered a non-Kshatriya.
Parashurama taught me but then gave me the curse to forget everything since I was a Kshatriya.
A cow was accidentally hit by my arrow & its owner cursed me for no fault of mine.
I was disgraced in Draupadi’s swayamvar.
Even Kunti finally told me the truth only to save her other sons!
Whatever I received was through Duryodhana’s charity.
So how am I wrong in taking his side?”
Lord Krishna replies,
“Karna, I was born in jail. Death was waiting for me even before my birth.
The night I was born I was separated from my birth parents.
From childhood, you grew up hearing the noise of swords, chariots, horses, bow, and arrows. I got only cow herd’s shed, dung, and multiple attempts on my life even before I could walk!
No army, no education. I could hear people saying I am the reason for all their problems.
When all of you were being appreciated for your valour by your teachers I had not even received any education. I joined gurukula of Rishi Sandipani only at the age of 16!
You are married to a girl of your choice. I didn’t get the girl I loved & rather ended up marrying those who wanted me or the ones I rescued from demons.
I had to move my whole community from the banks of Yamuna to far off Sea shore to save them from Jarasandh. I was called a coward for running away!!
If Duryodhan wins the war you will get a lot of credit. What do I get if Dharmaraja wins the war? Only the blame for the war and all related problems…
Remember one thing, Karna. Everybody has challenges in life.
LIFE IS NOT FAIR ON ANYBODY!!!
Storm , here is the full convo of Krishna and Karna from Vyas Mahabharath. ---
Vasudeva said, ' O Karna, hast been born in this way. Thou art, therefore, morally the son of Pandu. Come, be a king, according to the injunction of the scriptures, let the Pandavas know thee as a son of Kunti born before Yudhishthira. The brothers, the five Pandavas, the son of Draupadi, and the invincible son of Subhadra will all embrace thy feet. All the kings and princes, again, that have been assembled for the Pandava-cause, and all the Andhakas and Vrishnis, will also embrace thy feet. Let queens and princesses bring golden and silver and earthen jars (full of water) and delicious herbs and all kinds of seeds and gems, and creepers, for thy installation. During the sixth period, Draupadi also will come to thee (as a wife). Let that best of Brahmanas, Dhaumya, of restrained soul, pour libations of clarified butter on the (sacred) fire, and let those Brahmanas regarding all the four Vedas as authoritative (and who are acting as priests unto the Pandavas), perform the ceremony of thy installation. Let the family priest of the Pandavas who is devoted to Vedic rites, and those bulls among men-those brothers, the five sons of Pandu,--and the five sons of Draupadi, and the Panchalas, and the Chedis, and myself also, install thee as the lord of the whole earth. After thy installation is over, let that other son of Kunti, the mighty Bhimasena, hold the white umbrella over thy head. Indeed, Arjuna then will drive thy chariot furnished with a hundred tinkling bells, I myself, with all the Andhakas and the Vrishnis, will walk behind thee. Enjoy the sovereignty of the earth. Let the Pandavas proclaim,--Victory to Vasusena. Surrounded by the Pandavas, like the moon by the stars, rule thou the kingdom, O son of Kunti, and gladden Kunti herself. Let thy friends rejoice, and thy enemies grieve. Let there be, this day, a brotherly union between thee and thy brothers, the sons of Pandu."
Source-Udyoga Parva , Vyas Mahabharath
By offering the Kingdom, Draupadi and all the Pandavas to Karna, Krishna tried to lure Karna to yield to his inner lust, which was rooted since Draupadi Swayamvara.
It was a tactical move by Krishna, in actuality, he respected Draupadi most than any other woman on earth at that time!!! He knows the importance of a woman at every stage of a man, nurtured respect towards women throughout his life.
Edited by Viswasruti - 5 years ago
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