Thursday, May 6, 2021

The 3 curses that resulted in Karna's death in battle ground

Karna , a tragic hero of Mahabharata , was a self made person . Though he is the son of Kunti , he was not awarded the prestige he was worth of .


Here are the 3 curses that Karna got and they went against him in the Kurukshetra war thus responsible for his death .


1. Curse of mother Earth

Once Karna had tried to help a small girl who has split the ghee on ground . She was crying fearing that her mother will scold her . That time , Karna tried to help the girl by trying to retrieve the lost ghee from squeezing and twisting the ground . The pain originated because of this twisting was unbearable and mother Earth cursed Karna for this act .


She cursed him saying that in an important situation like battle , she will not assist him . As a result , in kurukshetra war , the wheel of chariot of Karna got stuck in the mud . His efforts to free the wheel went in vain .

2 . Curse of the teacher

Karna was the student of Parashurama . When joining the ashram ,Karna lied to his teacher saying that he is a brahmin . Actually he is a kshatriya . Parashuram came to know of this and he cursed Karna that whatever he has learned from him , will not come to his help when he needs it the most .



3 . Curse of an oldman


Once Karna had shot and killed a cow mistaking it as a wild animal . The caretaker of the animal , an oldman ,  cursed Karna in grief saying that he will be killed by his enemy when his attention was diverted .


Same way , Karna got killed by his enemy Arjuna when all of his attention was at lifting the wheel of the chariot which got stuck in mud . He could not remember how to use the weapons at that time . 




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