# A Life Taken By Many - Karna Poem by Samanyan Lakshminarayanan
# A Life Taken By Many - Karna
[ In MAHABHARATHA a hindu epic KARNA was the eldest son of KUNTIDEVI the mother of the pandavas
KARNA was abondoned since he was illegitimately born before KUNTI got married...KARNA
was born with an ear ring [kundalam] and a shield in his chest [kavasam] with this no body
could have killed KARNA..he was very magnanimous and that was his DHARMA..and that
was his second shield....KURUSHETRA war if taken on the face of it seems very inhuman
towards this great soul]
I DEDICATE THIS TO MY DAD WHO WAS A FAN OF KARNA
Not just an arrow
would do to put this man down
'DHARMA' his life guard
Abandoned when born
born to kunti and the SUN
zero in the five
Born with kundalam
born with kavasam in chest
death could not pierce him
Warrior by birth
humiliated by birth
an archer by birth
Most human he was
though a friend to duryodhan
heart of gold he had
Giver to the core
gave kavasam and kundalam
death's ploy to pierce him
The god's had to ploy
win over this man in sly
his dharma his life
Secret son met mom
promise on arjun given
a ploy there from mom
What a war was that
'KURUKSHETRA' was all foul
god's did it in style
Not just an arrow
would do to put this man down
'DHARMA' his life guard
God begged his 'DHARMA'
to take his life out of him
a god given life
IN THE WAR FIELD...
Arrow from Arjun
pierces Karna in his chest
Karna did not die
Not just an arrow
would do to put this man down
DHARMA his life guard
KRISHNA as beggar
begged his dharma from this soul
a god not as god
Karna gave dharma
in blood form to the beggar
all his shields he lost
Impressed by karna
krishna showed himself in full
from earth to the sky
A vision of god
with the world within he saw
KARNA died in peace
Not just an arrow
a life taken by many
what a noble soul
reading this, you have already given me nice info..thanks for this beautiful sharing.Indeed, it is a pleasure to read
A very interesting read, thank you for the knowledge, I enjoyed this well written poem. Bob
dear sam, even i am a fan of karna. you have to read the novel 'mrityunjaya' by shivaji sawanth on karna. thats the best book ever written on karna........
Nice attempt in lucid flow....you are an adept at choosing differnt and different subjects...and that is how a poet should be...you are so...God bless...go ahead
oh i loved this one.. i like narrative ones.. i mean this one is really entertaining sir.. yeah as sathya says easy to understand too... this is good write.. very visual and you did a great job in presenting the story in a interesting manner 10 well deserved i should say! ! ! ! i mean may be more than 10 if i can give u with love shan
Karna was destined to die as he joined the wrong side of the war. But it is a falacy that karna was mightier than Arjuna that became popular due to movies and other later Mahabharatha based stories. But MahaBharatha says that Arjuna was the greatest warrior of those times. Remember, Arjuna all alone defeated all Kauravas at the time of Uttara Gograhana......... But this poem is really nice and composed in a compact form, easy to understand even for foreign nationals.
Your words gives your attitude and love towards karana Brillinat write. In the present life there are many karnas live and die but without the blessings of Krishna even at the last moments regards sandhya
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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any amount of praise is less for a danvir like karna, because that was a life great with pathos of an extreme kind.i loved your poem