Karnan (கர்ணன்)

If the parents leave the child born to them on the street..

..then are those children to be blamed for that?

Those children have based on the environment they live..

..lost their self respect.

This is dedicated to them.

Kuntidevi! Kuntidevi!

Son!

Kuntidevi!

Kuntidevi!

What is this? The sound of a child crying is coming from that box.

Whose son is that?

My son.

Your son! What injustice is this?

Is it not disgraceful for the royal family if..

..an unmarried girl gives birth to a son.

No Satyavati.

My father, king Kunitboj had sent me to serve..

- ..the saint Durvasa. - Yes.

When I finished serving him he gave me a boon.

I know.

For fun I wanted to experiment that boon and I prayed to..

..the Sun god and chanted that mantra.

Then?

The sun god appeared and his rays hit me.

Then I gave birth to a boy with the armour and earrings.

Then?

Then I lamented that I'm a virgin and I will be disgraced.

He said that because of the mantra that you chanted..

..my pure rays have given you that child.

Hence your chastity is intact. Saying that he vanished.

With tears in my eyes I have surrendered my child to the Ganges.

Don't worry. That lord of the light will protect it. Come. Madam.

Look there. There is a box floating in the river.

A child!

- Who is that child? - Our son.

Is that so?

I never new that you, the chariot driver of..

..King Dhritrastra has been blessed with a child.

This boy was found floating in river Ganges in a box.

Is that so? Let me see.

His face sine like the sun.

Come son. Come.

How strange!

I spread out my hands to take him in my arms..

..and as if I had spread out my arms to ask for something..

..this child took of his jewel and gave it to me.

Adiratha, he is born to give away.

This is his birth trait.

Sage, he was draped in this costly sari.

I'm able to understand.

If someone else's sari is draped then the child's..

..body will get heated up.

Sage the armour and the earrings are stuck to his body.

Yes, he is a divine child.

This armour is a protective one and nothing will happen to..

..him as long as this armour is on him.

Since he has been born with the armour and the earrings..

- ..let us name him as Karna. - Karna!

"The subjects receive extend their hands and the kings give."

"The king Karna extends his hands and others take it.

"Karna is that warrior whose left never knows what the right gave away"

"Hail the king who made poverty weep by his philanthropy."

From that day we got him from the river we have been..

..celebrating that day as his birthday and offer the rituals on that day.

Today is that day and the time for the rituals are near..

..and still our son hasn't come yet.

How will I perform the rituals without him?

When it is chivalrous games then Karna forgets everything.

That's why I told you not to give the chariot to him today.

- You didn't listen to me. - Was it me who pushed him away?

Those horses neigh constantly and invite him.

That's all and he runs away to them.

Okay, for that, don't get angry and say anything to him.

How to get angry with him?

If he was born to us then that could be a fool.

Yes, it is because of Karna that we have a good life and get all the respect.

- The father who brought me up. - Karna!

I came hearing what the mother who brought me up told.

Don't avoid it and tell me the truth.

Karna!

Tell me.

25 years before we found you as..

..a child floating on a box in the river.

You were adorned with the armour and the earrings..

..and hence we name you as Karna.

From that day we have been bringing you up as our own son.

My mother?

We don't know.

Don't leave us and go, Karna.

I'm the child who has been discarded by the mother.

How bad I should've been that my mother hated me?

What would've been wrong that she threw me into the river?

For that boy who was discarded, you took him up..

..and brought him up to such an age like growing the tree.

That you brought up this orphan and you've become gods.

If I disrespect or disregard you will it not become a big sin?

I'm requesting and begging of you.

- You don't discard me as an orphan. - Karna!

You're a divine child. If not will you have such virtuous qualities?

Come with me.

This is the box that brought your divine body.

These precious stones and this expensive sari came with it.

Mama! You're a nice person.

Otherwise will you have sent the precious stones to take..

..care of your child and also the sari to give it the warmth..

..which would be as if you're still near the child.

Mama, what fear was that made you discard me?

Was it not to show the tears you shed that you..

..put me floating in that much water?

- Don't cry, today is your birthday. - The day I was found in the river.

Come son. The auspicious time mustn't pass away.

Come let us go and pray to the god.

The Sun lord. The visible god.

Provide everything to everyone in this world without discrimination.

I pray to you. You should guide me in life to prosperity..

..and provide me with victory in all my endeavours.

Son!

- Son! - Madam Kunti!

What is this?

The misery of being departed from the son it doesn't go away at all.

Madam Kunti!

A lot of years have passed by and you have also wedded..

..king Pandu and become the mother of the five Pandavas..

..and still why do you think about that son and weep?

Satyavati, how many years may pass by and however..

..secret it may be, still can I forget my first son till my death?

When I remember the day I left in the river..

Don't cry. See your eldest son Dharmaraj is coming.

Mother!

- Where are your brothers? - There.

Today is the weapons competition and it will conducted..

..before grandpa Bhishma, uncles Dhritrastra and..

..Vidhura and before a large gathering of other elders.

You bless and depart us, mother.

I pray to the god that you be victorious and get fame.

Where is Bhima?

Aunty! Aunty!

Bhima, what is this?

Save me.

- Aunty! - Bhima!

Bhima, are you going to leave him or not?

Is it not Gurumukan?

Bhima, you don't learn even after telling you a number of times.

Duryodhana already sees you as an enemy and now if..

..you do this to his brother will he not get more angry?

He laughed at me and I got angry.

From there I came tossing him like a ball.

You and your anger. It's alright. Poor fellow has fainted.

You yourself treat him.

Okay mother.

Oh god! Is the treatment that you gave me till now not enough?

I have regained my consciousness.

You're going for a competition and see that you be calm.

Have we ever had such intentions?

Like brother Bhima said, if someone intimidates us then..

..his mace and my arrows will not hesitate to combat them.

Arjuna, leave all these talks and come back with the fame..

..that are the best archer in the world.

Your blessings shall stand by me, mother.

- Nakula. - Mother.

- Sahadeva. - Mother.

Each one of you..

..should be obedient to your brother and respect and obey the elders always.

Mother, you can also come with us.

No, I will come with your uncle and aunty. Leave now.

Dear subjects and the respected and the learned men present here.

In this competition Duryodhan and..

..his brother and the Pandavas showed their skills.

Arjuna had showed some spectacular skills before you.

Now he is going to pierce this swiveling fish and entertain you.

Great!

Since this gathering has a lot of skilled warriors who are..

..my elders I feel that they should be the judges.

Hence I request that my grandfather Bhishma consult..

..the Guru and other elders the results and announce it on my behalf.

It is my opinion that till now the feats performed by Arjuna..

..was the best of the lot and what does..

..the respected Kripacharya think about it.

How can there be a different opinion to the one told..

..by the great warrior Bhishma. Arjuna is the best.

Dronacharya, what is you opinion?

Amongst all my students that performed here it is Arjuna..

..who is the best amongst the lot and today he proved it.

The man born for archery is what he is.

Great Arjuna. Great!

My brother is the best of the lot.

Quiet.

I don't agree to this.

I cannot agree to all that has been told by the king here.

Witness my archery skills and then decide who is the best.

- Who are you? - Karna.

Who are your parents? You ancestry.

I'm also a student of Dhronacharya.

I ask you about your birth and you say something else.

He does know about his birth.

He has been brought up by the charioteer Adirath.

Great! Firstly he doesn't know about his birth and then..

..he is from low cast since he is brought up by a charioteer.

Karna, archery is for the warrior clan.

This is not just a playground.