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.

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 ...