Karna The Unsung Hero of the Mahabharata by Kotru Umesh & Zutshi Ashutosh

Author:Kotru, Umesh & Zutshi, Ashutosh [Kotru, Umesh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789352013043
Publisher: Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd
Published: 2015-04-13T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter-12

Daanaveera

Being an all-weather friend was not the only quality possessed by Karna. He was endowed with a towering personality and was born with some rare human qualities which made him stand apart from his contemporaries. In particular, the spirit of sacrifice and willingness to give away anything to those who asked for the same, were inbuilt into his nature. These qualities were present in him in a nascent form right from his birth but began to manifest clearly as he grew older. Even as a small child he used to give away anything which his family juniors or friends wanted from him without a second thought. This magnanimity was all the more remarkable because of his poverty which resulted in his having very few prized possessions and to part with them would have required a lot of mental effort besides being an otherwise painful experience. But Karna was a great donor with a tremendous spirit of sacrifice. His parents would always marvel at his qualities and feel unbounded pride at being the parents of a child of such exceptional virtues.

After watching Karna’s abundant acts of such generosity, one day Radha had said, “Swami, what sort of a son we have? Is he the incarnation of some Devata or what? Other children of his age will never part with their meagre possessions. That is true about our other children, who will never behave as he does in a similar situation.” “Yes, I agree,” replied Adhiratha; “I have never come across a child who is even remotely like him. Observing his personality with his special features has made me think, as you do now, that he is an incarnation of some Devata, but I did not express my feelings for fear of alarming you. See, how unlike he is from the other kids. We are the luckiest parents to have been blessed with this godlike son. Isn’t it so?” Radha replied, “Yes, but please don’t praise my Vasu too much, I fear that will attract the evil eye. I don’t want him to fall sick.” With these words she got up quickly to perform the usual rituals to ward off evil influence.

Karna had two childhood obsessions. One was to shape beautiful bows and arrows from twigs and dry branches of trees, and the other was to make beautiful toys from clay, a material freely available in and around his village. He would spend hours on his hobbies and in the bargain forget everything including meals. His mother had to ensure that he did not miss his meals when he was absorbed in his work. Although, like other children, he too was proud of his creations yet, at the same time, what made him different was that he drew tremendous satisfaction from giving away the same the moment anybody asked for them. It was quite often that he was left with nothing for himself, which pained his mother although she said nothing. One day Karna prepared a particularly beautiful toy and kept it in a corner, away from the eyes of his friends.

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