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A very common argument against Arjuna/ Indra is :Indra cheated and got Karna's kavach kundal to save his son from death. Well no, doesn't make any sense and here is why: #Mahabharath #Arjun
Karna’s armour and earrings (made of Amrit) were what Indra asked for. Now, let me mention one quick point here. Bfr the war begins, on both sides there is a discussion of how long various warriors would take to finish off the other army-on Kaurava side, diff ppl say diff things
Bhishma and Drona say they can do it in one month, Kripa says 2 months, Ashwattama says 10 nights, Karna says 5 days (to which Bhishma laughs aloud). On the Pandava side, Yudi asks only Arjuna and he says “I can finish off the enemy in one MOMENT with the Pasupatha which neither
Bhishma nor Karna have” but that he will not use such a powerful celestial weapon to achieve success over mortals, he NEED not do so. Add to this the fact that Arjuna has defeated Karna in every single encounter between them and during all of these Karna was
very much wearing his armour and earrings since they are inseparable from his body. And obviously Karna has not managed to kill off Arjuna in ANY of those. Clearly, kavach kundal do not guarantee victory, they JUST PROTECT KARNA FROM DEATH.
Now, let’s think why, Indra, who never tires of assuring that Arjuna is 16 times as capable as Karna, will want to go and ask for these from Karna. Indra even says that even with kavach kundal, Karna is no match for Arjuna ever.
If he was so afraid of Arjuna dying at the hands of karna bcos of the extra edge given to him by the kavach kundal why the blazes did he wait so long to get them off Karna?? AND WHY DID HE GIVE HIM A GUARANTEED WEAPON TO KILL ARJUN, THE SHAKTI?
Evidently, Indra was NOT trying to protect his son Arjuna bcos he knew that if anyone needed protection in an Arjuna- Karna battle it was Karna. What he WAS trying to do was ensure that Karna did NOT live on beyond the war.
Let’s go back a bit and see what Karna says to Krishna when the latter tells him to join Pandava side bcos he is Kunti’s son. First of all, he tells Krishna that he already knows that and then he says that he will still not fight for Pandavas, but Krishna shld NOT tell Yudi
abt Karna being his elder brother. Why? Bcos if Yudi knows, he will promptly give up the kingdom won by them and hand it to the eldest, Karna. And Karna, he himself admits, will hand it over to his best buddy Dury.
Coming back to our Indra POV, Indra knows that if Karna is alive (thanks to his kavach kundal) this mess will still happen and Karna will end up with the kingdom as soon as Yudi comes to know he is elder.
Karna has done enuff during his lifetime to clearly show that he has a proclivity towards jealousy and hatred. If this is allowed to happen (Karna getting the kingdom) then the whole purpose of the war is defeated.
Hence, he asks for Karna’s armour to ensure that he DOES not have a special power keeping him alive even after all other kauravas (the evil doers) are defeated and dead.
