Karna Parva
Kannada Translation
- ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಸಂಜಯಸಂವಾದ
- ಸಂಜಯವಾಕ್ಯ
- ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಶೋಕ
- ಸಂಜಯವಾಕ್ಯ
- ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ
- ಕರ್ಣಾಭಿಷೇಕ
- ವ್ಯೂಹನಿರ್ಮಾಣ
- ಕ್ಷೇಮಧೂರ್ತಿವಧ
- ವಿಂದಾನುವಿಂದವಧ
- ಚಿತ್ರವಧ
- ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಾಮಭೀಮಸೇನಯೋರ್ಯುದ್ಧ
- ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಾಮಪರಾಜಯ
- ದಂಡವಧ
- ಸಂಕುಲಯುದ್ಧ
- ಪಾಂಡ್ಯವಧ
- ಸಂಕುಲಯುದ್ಧ
- ಕರ್ಣಯುದ್ಧ
- ಸಂಕುಲಯುದ್ಧ
- ಸಂಕುಲಯುದ್ಧ
- ಸಂಕುಲಯುದ್ಧ
- ಪ್ರಥಮಯುದ್ಧದಿವಸಾವಹಾರ
- ಕರ್ಣದುರ್ಯೋಧನಸಂವಾದ
- ಶಲ್ಯಸಾರಥ್ಯ
- ತ್ರಿಪುರವಧೋಪಾಖ್ಯಾನ
- ಶಲ್ಯಸಾರಥ್ಯಸ್ವೀಕಾರ
- ಕರ್ಣಶಲ್ಯಸಂವಾದ
- ಕರ್ಣಮದ್ರಾಧಿಪಸಂವಾದ
- ಕರ್ಣಶಲ್ಯಸಂವಾದೇ ಹಂಸಕಾಕೀಯೋಪಾಖ್ಯಾನ
- ಕರ್ಣಶಲ್ಯಸಂವಾದ
- ಕರ್ಣಶಲ್ಯಸಂವಾದ
- ಕರ್ಣಶಲ್ಯಸಂವಾದ
- ಸಂಕುಲಯುದ್ಧ
- ಸಂಕುಲಯುದ್ಧ
- ಕರ್ಣಾಪಯಾನ
- ಸಂಕುಲಯುದ್ಧ
- ಸಂಕುಲಯುದ್ಧ
- ಸಂಕುಲಯುದ್ಧ
- ಸಂಕುಲಯುದ್ಧ
- ಪಾರ್ಥಾಪಯಾನ
- ಸಂಕುಲಯುದ್ಧ
- ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಾಮಪ್ರತಿಜ್ಞೆ
- ದ್ರೌಣ್ಯಪಯಾನ
- ಕೃಷ್ಣಾರ್ಜುನಸಂವಾದ
- ಸಂಕುಲಯುದ್ಧ
- ಧರ್ಮರಾಜಶೋಧನ
- ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರವಾಕ್ಯ
- ಅರ್ಜುನವಾಕ್ಯ
- ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರಕ್ರೋಧವಾಕ್ಯ
- ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರಸಮಾಶ್ವಾಸನ
- ಕೃಷ್ಣಾರ್ಜುನ ಸಂವಾದ
- ಶ್ರೀಕೃಷ್ಣವಾಕ್ಯ
- ಅರ್ಜುನವಾಕ್ಯ
- ಸಂಕುಲದ್ವಂದ್ವಯುದ್ಧ
- ಭೀಮಸೇನವಿಶೋಕಸಂವಾದ
- ಶಕುನಿಪರಾಜಯ
- ಸಂಕುಲಯುದ್ಧ
- ಸಂಕುಲಯುದ್ಧ
- ಸಂಕುಲಯುದ್ಧ
- ಸಂಕುಲಯುದ್ಧ
- ದುಃಶಾಸನಭೀಮಸೇನಯುದ್ಧ
- ದುಃಶಾಸನವಧ
- ವೃಷಸೇನವಧ
- ಕರ್ಣಾರ್ಜುನಸಮಾಗಮೇ ದ್ವೈರಥ
- ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಾಮವಾಕ್ಯ
- ಕರ್ಣಾರ್ಜುನದ್ವೈರಥ
- ಕರ್ಣರಥಚಕ್ರಗ್ರಸನ
- ಕರ್ಣವಧ
- ರಣಭೂಮಿವರ್ಣನ
- ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರಹರ್ಷ
Structure
The Karna Parva (Sanskrit: कर्ण पर्व), or the Book of Karna, is the 8th of 18 Maha Parvas (Books) of Mahabharata. This also is the 73rd of the 100 Upa Parvas (Sections) of Mahabharata. According to the Critical Edition, Karna Parva has a total of 3,871 Shlokas (verses) organized into 69 Adhyayas (Chapters).
Summary
Karna Parva describes the appointment of Karna as the third commander-in-chief of the Kaurava alliance. The Parva recites how war begins to tire and frustrate everyone, triggers angry shouting matches between Yudhishthira and Arjuna - brothers who otherwise love each other. This book describes how brutal war leads to horrifying behavior over the 16th and 17th day of the 18-day Kurukshetra War. At the end of the parva, Karna is killed in a fierce battle with Arjuna. The crowning incident of this Parva is the final confrontation between Karna and Arjuna, in which Karna is killed.
The eighth book of the Mahabharata praises Karna's warrior abilities. He defeated four of five Pandava brothers - Yudhishthira, Bhima, Nakula and Sahadeva. However, Karna did not kill any of them in order to keep his promise to Kunti - the biological mother of Pandavas and his - to not harm his four step brothers, but only kill Arjuna (see Udyoga Parva). Yudhishthira became upset with Karna's action and behavior on the battlefield, criticized Arjuna for failing everyone during the war, and particularly by not engaging Karna. This upset Arjuna who reminded Yudhishthira, in Karna parva, that Yudhishthira's addiction to gambling was at the root cause of everything - from their exile to this unnecessary war. Krishna intervened between the two brothers and reconciled them.
On the second last day of the war, Karna and Arjuna engaged in a mortal fight, in which Karna was slowly gaining upper hand. Karna's chariot sank into earth. Karna stepped out to remove the wheel, asking Arjuna to suspend their battle, as the agreed rules of just war required. However, Krishna told Arjuna that Karna had no right to the rules of a just war because Karna and Duryodhana had consistently violated those rules of justice before the war, including when the game of dice was played and when Draupadi was dragged to the royal court by hair. Karna hung his head in shame but continued the fight on a tilted chariot, even making Arjuna swoon. While Arjun was unconscious, Karna decided to utilize the time in extracting the wheel of his chariot. Krishna knew that it was the only time possible to kill Karna, else he was invincible. Arjuna responded with Anjalika Astra, killing Karna.
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