This thread is divided into three parts-
KARNA'S VIEWS ABOUT ARJUN-
1)DURING DRAUPADI SWAYAMWAR.
2)DURING KARNA'S MEETING WITH LORD KRISHNA.
3)JUST BEFORE FINAL WAR WITH ARJUN.
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1)DURING DRAUPADI SWAYAMWAR-
Arjun disguised as brahmin fought with Karna and his arrows made karna faint.Upon seeing Arjun's prowess,this is what karna said-
Narrative:
Karna said, 'O thou foremost of Brahmanas, I am gratified to observe the energy of thy arms that knoweth no relaxation in battle and thy weapons themselves fit for achieving victory. Art thou the embodiment of the science of weapons, or art thou Rama that best of Brahmanas, or Indra himself, or Indra's younger brother Vishnu called also Achyuta, who for disguising himself hath assumed the form of a Brahmana and mustering such energy of arms fighteth with me? No other person except the husband himself of Sachi or Kiriti, the son of Pandu, is capable of fighting with me when I am angry on the field of battle.'
As you can read,karna was so much impressed with Arjun(Disguised as Brahmin) that he considered him to be Indra or Achyuta(Indra' brother) or even his Guru lord Parshuram.
Its rare when someone compares his opponent with his own guru.Karna must have really found Arjun exceptional,that's why he did so.
After this Arjun tells that he is just a Brahmin who has mastered Brahmastra and Purendarastra and he is here to vanquish Karna.
Hearing this,Karna retreats.
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2)DURING KARNA'S MEETING WITH LORD KRISHNA-
Narrative:
(Karna saying this to Lord Krishna)
I have no doubt that myself and the other kings, indeed, the entire assemblage of Kshatriyas shall have to enter into the Gandiva fire.'
Karna himself accepting that all Kings along with him would have to enter the fire of gandiva and be perished.
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3)BEFORE FINAL WAR WITH ARJUN-
Just before the final encounter,karna himself accepted that Arjun is the foremost bowman,and fighting with Arjun is an honour for him.
(I urge all Karna and Arjun fans to Read the below Narrative without skipping a line)
Narrative:
'Karna said(about Arjuna), "As far as I have heard,
such a superior car-warrior has never been born on earth! Behold my prowess, since I will contend in battle with even that Partha who is such. This prince of Kuru's line, this foremost of car-warriors, careers in battle, borne by his steeds white in hue. Perhaps he will despatch me to Yama's abode today. Know, however,
that with Karna's death, these all will be exterminated. The two arms of this prince are never covered with sweat. They never tremble. They are
massive and covered with cicatrices.
Firm in the use of weapons, he is possessed of great skill and endued with great lightness of hands. Indeed, there is no warrior equal to the son of Pandu. He taketh a large
number of arrows and shooteth them as if they were one. Quickly fixing them on the bow-string, he propelleth them to the distance of two miles. They always fall on the foe. What warriors is there on earth
that is equal to him? That Atiratha, endued with great activity, with Krishna as his ally, gratified the god Agni at Khandava. There, on that
occasion, the high-souled Krishna obtained his discus, and Savyasaci, the son of Pandu, obtained his bow Gandiva. There that mighty-armed one, endued with might that knows no decay, also obtained his terrible car unto which are yoked those white steeds, as also his two great celestial and inexhaustible quivers, and many celestial weapons, from the God of Fire. In the region of Indra he obtained his conch Devadatta and slew innumerable Daityas, and all the Kalakeyas. Who
is there on earth that is superior to him? Possessed of greatness of soul, he gratified Mahadeva himself in fair fight, and obtained from him the
terrible and mighty weapon Pasupata that is capable of destroying the three worlds. The several Regents of
the world, united together gave him their weapons of immeasurable energy, with which that lion among men quickly destroyed in battle those united Asuras, the Kalakhanjas.
So also, in Virata's city, moving on a single car he vanquished all of us, and snatched from us that wealth of kine, and took from all the foremost of car warriors (portions of) their garments.
Challenging that foremost of Kshatriyas, that hero having him of Vrishni's race for his ally, that warrior who is endued with such energy and such attributes, I regard myself, O Shalya, to be the foremost of persons in all the world in point of courage. He is, again, protected by that Keshava of great energy, who i
Narayana himself and who is without a rival, that high-souled Vasudeva, that ever-victorious Vishnu armed with conch, discus, and mace, whose attributes all the world united together, cannot (in narrating)exhaust in 10,000 years. Beholding the two Krishnas together on the
same car, fear entereth my heart together with courage.
Partha is the foremost of all bowmen!
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I hope i need not say anything now.
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