Karnan- The Hero and The Villain
INTRODUCTION:
Hello dear readers, we all know Kamal Hassan and his favorite dialogue (are you a hero or villain). But it is just a movie. In real life, A man lived like this, every kid asked his/her mother, “Is he a hero or a villain”. People know history says, “He is a villain”. People know his history says,” He is a hero”. He is the hero, and he is the villain. He is Karnan.
WHO IS KARNAN?
Karnan was the first son of the queen Kunthi Devi and the lord sun, with the spell cast by the Kunthi. At that Kunthi was unmarried and unknowingly, she asked for a child. So, Kunthi decided to leave him. She made a basket and left his son in a running river. While she leaves his son, he asks Surya Bhagavan to protect his son from all sorts of danger, so he decided to give him powerful armor. Nothing penetrates that armor. Once Kunthi left, one couple saw this child floating in water and took him and raised him, who later became Karnan.
EARLY LIFE OF KARNAN:
His adopted father was a chariot driver. He belongs to a low caste family. At that time, low caste families should do only their work. They shouldn’t go to school. They shouldn’t go to learn arts etc..,. But Karnan found that he naturally has an Archery talent. He wanted to learn that, but due to society, politics and some kings, he was restricted from learning that art. But he went to a great teacher Parasuraman and lied to him that he was a high caste family. But Parasuraman will only teach these arts to High caste families. He learnt every lesson from him and made him prepared for everything. Once Parasuraman gets to know that Karna is lying, he says to Karna, “At a certain Important point, you won’t remember any of the lesson I teached you”.
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THE UNBREAKABLE FRIENDSHIP:
Later Karna is born, Kunthi gets married to a great king, “Pandu”. Due to a curse Pandu got, he cannot give births to child. Then Kunthi again used that spell and got five children’s, later they were known as “Pancha Pandavargal”. While a battle for kingdom between Pandavas and Gouravva’s, Karnan helped Gouravva’s to tackle them from attacked. After this incident, Duryodhana the eldest among all the Gouravva’s gifted a kingdom. An unbreakable friendship grows between Duryodhana and Karna. Once the Gouravva’s and Pandavas met with battle. Even at that time he stayed in the Gouravva’s side for his friend.
Karna has a character; he will do whatever he can do for poor people and people who asked for donation. During the war time, Arjunan’s father asked Karna’s unbreakable armor to donate. Karna doesn’t hesitate a little bit. He cuts his skin and gives the armor, because the armor is combined with his skin. He won’t say no to anything, people ask him, even for enemy. All this time Pandavas didn’t know Karnan was his eldest brother.
CONCLUSION:
In war, Arjunan defeated Karnan by the manipulation of the Lord Krishna. Arjunan who stayed on the side of Dharma and Karnan who stayed on the side of loyalty. Both of them were good. But, after the war Arjunan lived happily. But Karna? He was born in a royal family but raised in a poor family. Due to that he was ditched by people. Once on a stage, one true friend helped him. But at that time also he was found helpless. His original mother left him. His brothers leave him unknowingly. Even the god also opposed this true hearted man and had death by manipulation. This is the world. Sometimes, it will be cruel to us. But we have to live a life like Karnan. For me, He is the hero, and he is the villain.
Hope you enjoyed this blog. one last question Karna, Is he a hero or a villain? Comment down below and mention anything if I missed about Karnan
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