Karna is one of the most tragic figures in the Mahabharata. Tragedy followed him right from birth. He was born to an unwed mother, Kunti, who placed the newborn in a wooden basket and left him to ...

He broke his own vow of not picking up weapons in the Kurukshetra war, guided Arjuna to kill Karna while he was unarmed, and orchestrated the killing of Dronacharya through a half-truth.