Arjuna and Karna are finally having battle against each other.
Now Karna does not have the invincible armor and earrings to protect him
which made him invincible. Arjuna arrows can hurt Karna.
Arjuna whose charioteer was Krishna and Karna whose charioteer was
Shalya. It was the time for their battle and Krishna took Arjuna in front
of Karna. They both started raining arrows on each other like they both
were meant to die by each other’s hand. Arjuna's arrows was like summer
rain and Karna's arrows was like stinking snake and drank blood. Both of
the side were not giving each other a chance to rest and they were going like
crazy. It's understandable that they both are the son of god, which they
inherit their power from.
Arjuna was fighting with his celestial bow Gandiva, but while they
were fighting his bow-string severed. Arjuna said to Karna "Pause,
according to battle rules you cannot attack a helpless man on the
battlefield." Karna ignore that and shower countless arrows on
Arjuna until he was gravely injured. Krishna is a charioteer so he tried
to protect him by moving the chariot and once the bow-string was restrung.
Arjuna started showering arrows as he was angry who don't want anything
but defeat Karna for not showing mercy to helpless man on battlefield.
Karna was not slowing down and raining arrows on Arjuna as well.
Suddenly the wheel of chariot sank into soft ground and Shalya couldn't
make horse go forward. Karna said the same thing to Arjuna "Pause,
it is not manly to attack helpless man." He should have understood
that you get what you do to others which means karma follows you till you die
and shape your life for reincarnation. Arjuna knows that and he stopped
showering arrows on Karna, but Krishna reminded Karna "was it right to
attack Arjuna while he was restringing the bow, and when six warrior attack
Abhimanyu, and was it manly to scoff Draupadi in front of elders and princes in
the gambling hall?" As Arjuna heard his son's name he got angry and
shoot the arrow at Karna and his head was immediately struck off.
If I was Arjuna I would have gotten angry after hearing that they
did not follow the battle rules and killed his son. Since Karna did not
stop showering arrows on Arjuna while he was restrung the bow, he should not
stop either because he did not follow the battle rules. I think that is
why Krishna said what he had which made Arjuna take action and shoot the arrow
at Karna.
Bibliography: Author is Donald A. Mackenzie, PDE Mahabharata: Arjuna and Karna.
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| Arjuna shoot arrow at Karna while the chariot wheel is sank. |
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