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Being Kunti's eldest would not have made him heir to the throne automatically! I am sure the elders in the clan would have weighed in on it and Bheesma as we all know was not a fan of Karna at all...
And Yudi would definitely not have gone against Bheesma, elder brother or not!
Edited by LiveYourDream - 9 years ago

Mamatha

Edited by AnuMP - 9 years ago

Mamta...as far as my knowledge goes...
Bhishma did admire Karna...but he berrated him, only so that the latter stays away from Duryodhan.
Bhishma insulted Karna before the war, just to prevent him from fighting against his brothers...

But the question remains...if he knew about Karna all along...then y did he not bring out the truth n put him on the throne, instead of all this drama? This makes me question as to whether Karna was actually considered a Pandav or not...
I still feel that he was made to think that so that he gets emotionally weaker while facing his brothers...
Granted that Kanina sons were eligile for throne...provided he was adopted by the King.
When Pandu never knew Karna...never saw him...never adopted...I wonder y he was considered a Pandav!! 😕

A man is known by the company he keeps...
In Karna's case he kept the company of a man who was hell bent on killing the Pandavas by hook or crook.
And maybe Karna did not actively participate in all the attempts to kill them but he did not try to dissuade his "friend" either  so his was complicit in those deeds just by virtue of not doing anything.
So in a war of the evil versus the less evil, the evil had to go

Amrita, admiring a person and actually considering putting them on the throne are two different issues.
 Bheesma could have appreciated Karna's skill as a warrior etc but he knew very well who Karna was and could have broadcast that knowledge and made him king at any point in time.
He did not do that because in all probablility he did not consider him a Pandava, since being Kunti's son was not the only criteria for being a Pandava, there was the small matter of Pandu acknowledging him to be his son too...

Well, pandavas had something to gain from Karna's death, their victory. For that Eshana, Brahma & other sages/ascetics were not needed to conspire against Karna.





Edited by Brahmaputra - 9 years ago

Originally posted by: AnuMP

Mamatha

I am agreeing with you😆. Even if we believe that it was a plot to make sure Yudhi's path to the throne is clear, I don't think he had to die for that.

And I simply don't see another motive for Karna to die.

I think the whole MB was one big conspiracy😆

I mean what was the reason for Draupadi to get married to 5 men? She could not have been happy with Arjun and vice versa?
Maybe the conspiracy here was that if Arjun and Draupadi were married just to each other they would be so content and happy together Arjun would have no motivation to fight and the pandavas needed him to be at his fighting best for them to get anywhere😊

If Abhi was not killed the way he was or just killed at all...maybe Arjun would not be motivated to fight the way he did after that...

And the list can on and on 😆

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Satyawati could acknowledge ved vyas, only after she became queen mother, and he became acclaimed as ved vyasa and in an exceptional circumstance vichitraviryas death.
Edited by Adishakti - 9 years ago

Originally posted by: amritat

Mamta...as far as my knowledge goes...
Bhishma did admire Karna...but he berrated him, only so that the latter stays away from Duryodhan.
Bhishma insulted Karna before the war, just to prevent him from fighting against his brothers...

But the question remains...if he knew about Karna all along...then y did he not bring out the truth n put him on the throne, instead of all this drama? This makes me question as to whether Karna was actually considered a Pandav or not...
I still feel that he was made to think that so that he gets emotionally weaker while facing his brothers...
Granted that Kanina sons were eligile for throne...provided he was adopted by the King.
When Pandu never knew Karna...never saw him...never adopted...I wonder y he was considered a Pandav!! 😕