Karna
| Title | Karna - (Adipati) - Mahabharata |
|---|---|
| Other names | Anggapati, Anggadipati, Arkatanaya, Awanggadipati, Arkasuta, Rawisuta, Basusena, Basuksena, Basukarna, Rawitanaya, Wesa, Suryaputra, Suryaatmaja |
| Size | 60 cm |
| Personal data | Karna or Basukarna is one of the figures on the Korawa side in the epic Mahabharata . He is the son of Dewi Kunti , which means he is the eldest brother of Yudhistira, Bima, and Arjuna . Even though he was the sibling of the Pandavas, he was on the Korawa side and at the end of the Bharatayudha war, Karna was appointed as the Senopati of the Korawa war. |
| Appearance | Karna has a haughty, conceited nature, likes to brag about himself, but is also generous and generous to everyone. He has extraordinary powers and he is known as someone who always upholds the values of chivalry. |
| Collection | Private collection |
Karna - (Adipati) - Mahabharata[edit | edit source]
In the first part of the book Adiparwa or Mahabharata, it is told that a princess named Kunti received magical knowledge from Resi Duwarsa, namely the Adityahredaya Mantra. With this mantra, Kunti could summon a god and receive a son from him. One day Kunti wanted to try the mantra while looking at the rising sun. The god Surya (sun) came and was ready to give her a son. However, Kunti refused because in fact she only wanted to try Adityahredaya's knowledge. However, this mantra was not ordinary knowledge that could be played with, God Surya also gave Kunti a son, so she became pregnant. Dewa Surya also helped Kunti to give birth to the baby immediately.
Because Dewi Kunti did not want the baby's presence and to protect the good name of her country, she was forced to throw her newly born baby into the Aswa river in a basket. Kunti's baby was carried away by the current until it was found by Adirata, a carriage driver in the Kingdom of Hastinapura. Adirata took the baby and raised him as his son. Adirata named the baby Basusena, because when he was found, Basusena was already dressed in battle clothes complete with necklace and earrings.
Little Basusena was cared for and raised in the Adirata family, he was also known by the nicknames Sutaputra (daughter of the coachman) and Radheya (daughter of Randha), Adirata's wife. Even though he grew up in a coachman's family, Basusena had the desire to become a royal officer. His father, Adirata, also enrolled him in Resi Drona's school, which at that time was educating the Pandavas and Korawas. Sage Drona refused to make Basusena his student because he only wanted to teach kshatriyas. However, Radheya's determination to become a royal officer was firm, even though he had to learn the science of warfare in secret. He also often peeked at Resi Drona when he taught the Pandavas and Korawas, especially in archery and Danurveda. Radheya's martial arts were not inferior to those of Drona's students, especially in archery. His abilities almost matched Arjuna's almost perfect ability in mastering archery. With this talent for skill, he was nicknamed Karna.
One time when Drona showed the results of the education of the Pandavas and Korawas in front of the Hastinapura nobles, after going through several stages, Drona determined that Arjuna was his best student, especially in archery. Suddenly Karna appeared and challenged Arjuna while showing off his supernatural powers. Resi Krepa, the palace priest asked Karna to introduce himself first because to face Arjuna he had to be from the same group. Karna bowed his head in shame. Doryudana, impressed by Karna's supernatural powers, came forward and defended him. He then urged his father, Dhritarashtra, king of Hastinapura, to appoint Karna as a vassal king in Angga. Dhritarashtra could not refuse the request of his beloved son, so Karna was appointed king of Anga that same day. Adirata appears to welcome Karna's coronation, so everyone knows that Karna is the son of a charioteer. Bima (Werkudara) taunts Karna as being the driver's son and therefore not worthy of competing against Arjuna. On the other hand, Kunti fainted when she saw Karna's presence, who immediately recognized the son she had abandoned, from the battle clothes and jewelry that Surya had given him that were attached to Karna's body.
One day, Drupada , the king of the Pancala kingdom , announced a contest, the knight who could shoot a wooden fish placed on the dome of the hall, just by looking at its reflection in the pond, was entitled to get his daughter Draupadi. Many knights took part in the competition, including Doryudana. However, let alone archery, no one can even lift a bow heirloom from the Pancala Kingdom, including Doryudana. Karna then stepped forward, and he managed to lift his heirloom bow and was ready to aim at the competition target. But Draupadi refused because she did not want to marry the son of a coachman. Because he was hurt by what Draupadi said, he called Draupadi an arrogant woman and would definitely be an old maid because there would be no other contestant who could win the contest other than him. Drupada, worried about hearing what Karna said, then he opened a new registration for anyone who managed to shoot the fish doll to have the right to marry his daughter Draupadi, not having to be from the warrior class. Arjuna, who at that time was disguised as a brahmin, came forward to register and he succeeded in winning the competition.
The Pandavas then brought Draupadi home and presented her to her mother, Kunti as the best souvenir. But without seeing the truth, Kunti then said to divide the souvenirs equally among the five. In order to carry out her mother's mandate, Draupadi married the five Pandavas. The Pandavas finally succeeded in building a kingdom called Indraprastha . The kingdom was so beautiful that it made the Korawa jealous, especially Doryudana. Doryudana's desire arose to seize Indraprastha from the Pandavas. Through a game of dice, the Korawa were cunning so that Indraparastha was successfully captured by the Korawa, and this included the independence of the five Pandavas. At the climax, Yudhishthira is asked to bet Draupadi to continue the game. Dushasana roughly dragged Draupadi towards the playing area. Karna, who is still hurt, says that a woman who has had five husbands does not deserve to be called a wife, but rather a prostitute. Hearing what Karna said, Arjuna vowed that one day he would kill Karna. Doryudana ordered Dursusana to strip Draupadi naked in public, but thanks to Sri Kresna's help, Draupadi's cloth that Dursusana pulled did not run out but instead got longer.
Karna also studied with Parasurama, who had bad experiences with the kshatriyas. Therefore, in order to be accepted as Parasurama's disciple, Karna disguised himself as a brahmin. One day, Parasurama slept on Karna's lap. Suddenly an insect bit Karna's thigh. Karna didn't move an inch and left his thigh injured to keep his teacher from waking up. When Parasurama woke up, he was shocked to see his disciple covered in blood. Karna's ability to endure pain made Parasurama realize that Karna his student was not from the brahmin class but was a genuine ksatriya. Because he felt cheated, Pasurama cursed Karna, that in the future, during a battle between life and death against his greatest enemy, Karna would forget all the knowledge he had taught. Karna also received a second curse from the Brahmin. Once when he was driving his chariot, he hit a Brahmin's cow. The brahmin who owned the cow appeared and cursed because, one day the wheels of his chariot would sink into mud when he fought against the greatest enemy.
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