Originally posted by: Astoria
Please I wanna ask you something.Are you referring to the real Karna or the Karna of the show?And I wanna tell you something too.
1-Most of the Karna fans empathise with him.Not sympathise.There is a difference.
2-Really,righteousness??? Was Arjun an epitome of righteousness then?Arjun won Draupadi in the Swayamvar but could not fight his mother when she said that he had to share her with his five brothers.He did not even stand up to protect his wife when she was gambled away and insulted,.Why?Because he was bound by his duty towards his mother and brother.And as far as righteousness is concerned,no one was righteous in the Mahabharata.Every character was flawed.
3-Perhaps you haven't read the Mahabharata.Then,you would have known that there was no hero or villain in that epic.Every character had their own set of flaws.
4-Let me tell you one thing.Both Karna and Arjun were human beings.Both had their shortcomings.Arjun,for example,was insecure and jealous.
5-And lastly,the problem is not with the character of Karna.The problem is with the manner in which the character is written.Karna was never this loud.
6-The character of Karna is complicated and fascinating.It has many shades to it.It depends on the ability of the actor to portray it.
your right i never read the mahabharata the why it was originally written, just various versions of it, mythofiriction, short stories about the characters and their deeds. and i am talking about the karn of the serial. and not the karn of the heroic stories i've read, i seen BR chopra's and Star Mahabharat. in fact many years ago there was even a serial on doordarshan, titled Maharathi Karn, but that went off air suddenly. but even from what i remember karna was a conflicted character, driven and struggling constantly between his loyalty to his friend and his conscience. that i dont see in this karna.
and yes i do get it that all the characters were not totally righteous, not even lord krishna yet compared to karna they were more righteous.
and as for arjun giving in to his mothers wishes and sharing draupadi with his brothers, it was a grievous sin and amoral. but it was dhrupadi destiny her life was her karmabhumi, she was the instrument of the gods to bring about the destruction of the kuru race. the dice hall was the foundation stone for the beginning of the destruction. yes if such things happened in this day and age, arjun would have been the worst husband and man.
but in the mahabharata this verse says it all
nArAyaNam namaskrutya naranchaiva narOttamam |
dEvIm sarasvatIm vyAsam tatO jayamUdIrayEt ||
Bowing to Narayana (Krishna), to the greatest of men Nara (Arjuna), to Goddess Saraswati, and to Vyasa, let Mahabharata be told thereafter.
Edited by merrydock - 9 years ago
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