Reading Notes: Mahabharata videos, Part C

Epified: Mahabharata, Part C

Karna's Quest

- always had beautiful enchanted armor and golden earnings

- found floating in basket, symmetry with story of Moses

- the battle between classes in this tale is quite sad, but Karna's dedication to his family is great

The Kshatriya

- Karna excelled in his studies with his Bhramin teacher

- It seems strange that Karna wouldn't kill the scorpion and instead bear the pain, but it is a beautiful image of self sacrifice for his teacher

- well now that his master is angry with him it seems he should have simply expressed his pain 

- curse on Karna: the day he needs his skills the most, they will leave him

Karna becomes King

- a tournament was held for the nobility of the kingdom

- Karna appeared and outdid the competitors in every test however the crooked scales of royalty kept him from being deemed victor

- Karna is challenged to a fight but first he must identify his origins

- the queen faints at Karna's story, because she sent him down the river perhaps?

Arjuna and Karna in war