READ WHAT PITAMAHA BHISHMA THINKS ABOUT KARNA'S CHARACTER & BRAVERY !!

SOURCE : KMG ORIGINAL TRANSLATION OF VED VYAS MAHABHARAT.

Vaisampayana continued, 'Having listened to these words of Karna, Bhishma the son of Santanu, addressing king Dhritarashtra, again said, 'Although this one often boasteth saying,--I shall slay the Pandavas,--yet he is not equal to even a sixteenth part of high-souled Pandavas. Know that the great calamity that is about to overtake thy sons of wicked souls, is the act of this wretched son of a Suta! Relying upon him, thy foolish son Suyodhana hath insulted those heroes of celestial descent, those chastiser of all foes. What, however, is that difficult feat achieved by this wretch before that is equal to any of those achieved of old by every one of the Pandavas? Beholding in the city of Virata his beloved brother slain by Dhananjaya who displayed such prowess, what did this one then do? When Dhananjaya, rushing against all the assembled Kurus, crushed them and took away their robes, was this one not there then? When thy son was being led away as a captive by the Gandharvas on the occasion of the tale of the cattle, where was this son of a Suta then who now belloweth like a bull? Even there, it was Bhima, and the illustrious Partha, and the twins, that encountered the Gandharvas and vanquished them. Ever beautiful, and always unmindful of both virtue and profit, these, O bull of the Bharata race, are the many false things, blessed be thou, that this one uttereth.'

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PART - 1

READ THIS PORTION CAREFULLY !!

BHISHMA SAYS KARNA IS NOT EVEN 1/16 OF THE HIGH SOULED PANDAVAS !!
AND NOTE THAT HE MENTIONED PANDAVAS ARE HIGH SOULED & KARNA IS NOTHING INFRONT OF THEM !!

'Although this one often boasteth saying,--I shall slay the Pandavas,--yet he is not equal to even a sixteenth part of high-souled Pandavas'.

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PART - 2

NOW READ HOW PITAMAHA HOLDS KARNA RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BAD CONDITION OF THE KURU DYNASTY !!

'Know that the great calamity that is about to overtake thy sons of wicked souls, is the act of this wretched son of a Suta! Relying upon him, thy foolish son Suyodhana hath insulted those heroes of celestial descent, those chastiser of all foes'.

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PART - 3

READ HOW PITAMAHA EXPOSES THAT KARNA HAS DONE NOTHING, ACHIEVED NOTHING TO BE CALLED A WARRIOR !! AND CALLS HIM A WRETCH (EVIL PERSON).

What, however, is that difficult feat achieved by this wretch before that is equal to any of those achieved of old by every one of the Pandavas? Beholding in the city of Virata his beloved brother slain by Dhananjaya who displayed such prowess, what did this one then do? When Dhananjaya, rushing against all the assembled Kurus, crushed them and took away their robes, was this one not there then? When thy son was being led away as a captive by the Gandharvas on the occasion of the tale of the cattle, where was this son of a Suta then who now belloweth like a bull? Even there, it was Bhima, and the illustrious Partha, and the twins, that encountered the Gandharvas and vanquished them. Ever beautiful, and always unmindful of both virtue and profit, these, O bull of the Bharata race, are the many false things, blessed be thou, that this one uttereth.'

NOTICE THAT PITAMAHA ASKS DHRITARASTHRA THAT WHERE WAS KARNA WHEN THE GANDHARVAS TOOK DURYODHAN CAPTIVE !!

NOW IT'S A WELL KNOWN FACT THAT KARNA GOT DEFEATED BY GANDHARVAS & RAN AWAY LEAVING DURYODHAN BEHIND !!
WE WILL BE POSTING THE TRUE STORY OF GANDHARVA WAR...SOON !!

OM NAMAH SHIVAY !!