03-10-2005, 09:06 AM
But wasn't Karna's loyalty was first and foremost towards Duryodhana over and above everything else? What was his exact role during the game of dice and the subsequent events? Believe he was there with Duryodhana, Shaukini and Dushasana.
Added later .......(typing from C Rajagopalachari's book - pg 113 in 44th edition)
This is Karna at the dice game saying..
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> O Vikarana, forgetting that ther are elders in this assembly, you lay down the law though you are but a stripling. By your ignorance and rashness yhou are injuring the very family which gave you birth, just as the flame generated by the arani destroys its source, the stick. It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. At the very beginning when Yudhishthira as a free man, he forfeited all he posessed and that, of course, included Draupadi. Hence, Draupadi had already come into Sakuni's possession. There is nothing more to be said in the matter. <b>Even the clothes they have are now Sakuni's property. O Duhsasana, seize the garments of the Pandavas and the robes of Draupadi and hand them over to Sakuni.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Added later .......(typing from C Rajagopalachari's book - pg 113 in 44th edition)
This is Karna at the dice game saying..
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> O Vikarana, forgetting that ther are elders in this assembly, you lay down the law though you are but a stripling. By your ignorance and rashness yhou are injuring the very family which gave you birth, just as the flame generated by the arani destroys its source, the stick. It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. At the very beginning when Yudhishthira as a free man, he forfeited all he posessed and that, of course, included Draupadi. Hence, Draupadi had already come into Sakuni's possession. There is nothing more to be said in the matter. <b>Even the clothes they have are now Sakuni's property. O Duhsasana, seize the garments of the Pandavas and the robes of Draupadi and hand them over to Sakuni.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->