Jai Sriman Narayana !!
The
great epic Mahabharath was composed by Maharishi Veda Vyasa/Krishna Dwaipayana,
son of Sage Parasara and Sathyavati, a woman from fishermen clan. Mahabharath describes the legend of Bharatha
Dynasty. It was written in 18 Parva
such as Adhi Parva, Sabha Parva, Vana Parva, Virada Parva, Udhyoga Parva,
Bhishma Parva, Drona Parva, Karna Parva, Shalya Parva, Soupthika Parva, Stri
Parva, Shanthi Parva, Anushasana Parva, Ashwamedha Parva, Ashramavasika Parva,
Musala Parva, Mahaprasthanika Parva and Swargarohana Parva and each Parva has
divided into many Upaparva and has chapters in detail. Adhi Parva depicts the life of King
Dushyantha and his wife Shakunthala and their son Sarvadhamanan, who was
famously known as Bharatha, a righteous ruler of Bharatha Empior.
Lord
Brahma created deities, Sages and Prajapathis.
It was the beginning of the growth of human race from the sixty
daughters of Daksha Prajapathi.
Pururavass, Yayathi, Puru, Dushyantha,
Bharatha, Shanthanu were born in the family of Dithi, one of the
daughters of Daksha Prajapathi.
Rishi Vaishampayana narrates the
birth of Karna. King Shoorasena was a
righteous ruler of Yadava Dynasty had a son Vasudeva (father of Lord Krishna)
and a daughter Prudha (Kunthi). Prudha
was the most beautiful woman in the Universe, her features were incomparable. King Shoorasena led a respectable life, it
was one of his virtues to stick to the promises he had made to others. As promised earlier, he gave away his
daughter Prudha to his friend and next of kin (father’s sisters son) King
Kunthibhoja who had no offspring. King
Kunthibhoja took good care of Prudha as his own daughter. Prudha was merrily brought up in the palace
of King Kunthibhoja, she had possessed all the qualities of her father Shoorasena. Prudha grown into a beautiful maiden with
exquisite persona, she served the Vedic Brahmins, Rishis and Sages visited the
palace. Once, Sage Durvassa visited the
palace was received with utmost reverence, everyone knows about the anger of
Sage Durvassa, Kunthi was assigned to
take care of the needs of Sage Durvassa, she relentlessly served the Sage
Durvassa who was a Trikalajnani ( one who is aware of past, present and
future), he was pleased at the
dedication of Kunthi and offered her an exceptional boon. As a Trikalajnani, Sage Durvassa was aware of
the outcome of Kunthi’s married life with Pandu, who had a curse from Sage
Dindim that the death happens when he enters into physical relationship with
his wife. The remarkable boon she had
obtained was a glorious chant that would help her to invoke any deity as
desired and they will provide her a virtuous child.
Kunthi overjoyed at her fortune and
invoked Lord Surya with the hymn advised by Sage Durvassa, to her sheer
surprise Lord Surya appeared before Kunthi and enquired about her wish. Kunthis was mystified at the appearance of Lord
Surya; she nervously answered to Lord Surya that it was a boon she had received
from Sage that she wanted to experiment the power of the hymn. Lord Surya was not satisfied with her response;
he continued that he was already known about the intrinsic worth of the hymn
advised by Sage Durvassa, so it is his responsibility to abide by power of it. Further, advised Kunthi to be prepared to
receive a child from him. Kunthi was
hysterical; she revealed her status as an unmarried daughter of King Kunthibhoja,
she does not want to bring shame to his father by having an illegitimate child
before marriage. Lord Surya advised her
that it will not be a sin to have a child from him, moreover she will remain
virgin after receiving child from him, and eventually a child was born to this
couple with the brilliance of Lord Surya.
This child born with a golden ear stud (Swarna Kundalam) which added the
brightness to his face and a safety shield to protect from all the evils hence he
was famously known by the name Karna.
Kunthi was in a dilemma after seeing the face of newborn, her heart did
not want to discard the child but she had to make a sagacious decision for the
family she belonged. Finally, she
decided to abandoned the child in a river; the infant was safely vested in a
box and mournfully drifted in the water.
Shortly, this child was found by a childless Sudra couple Radha and
Sushena, charioteer of Kurus. They
brought up the child affectionately and named him Vasusena, as he was born with
the Golden ear stud and golden shield.
Vasusena had the resemblance of deity with an astonishing physical
features and immense physical powers; was an excellent archer and extremely
proficient in Astra Sastra and he was a staunch devotee of Lord Surya. During the time of worship, if anyone requests
Vasusena for any kind contributions were abundantly provided. Once Lord Indra disguised as a Brahmin and
requested Vasusenan for his ear stud with an intention to protect his own child
Arjuna. Vasusenan readily offered his
ear stud to the Brahmin. Lord Indra was
pleased at the devotion of Vasusena and honored him with the title ‘Karna’ and
also provided him with a powerful weapon capable to kill a person whoever from
the deities or demons or anyone from the
race of human, Yaksha, Gandharva or Naga desired by him.
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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