Fate Of Karna After His Death In Kurukshetra - కర్ణుడు యుద్ధంలో చనిపొయాక మళ్ళీ బ్రతికాడా? - With Subtitles
Karna originally known as Vasusena, is one of the central characters in the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. The epic describes him as the king of Anga (present day Bhagalpur and Munger). Karna was one of the greatest warriors, whose martial exploits are recorded in the epic, and the only warrior believed to be able to defeat Arjuna in battle, an admiration expressed by Lord Krishna and Bhishma within the body of this work. As per the Mahabharata, Karna was the only warrior in that era who conquered the entire world. Karna single-handedly successfully conducted Digvijaya Yatra, a campaign in which he conquered all kings in every direction of the world, was instrumental in establishing Duryodhana as the emperor of the world and to conduct the Vaishnava sacrifice. Karna was equal to 2 Maharatha warriors.
Karna was the son of Surya and Kunti, born to Kunti before her marriage with Pandu. Karna was the closest friend of Duryodhana and fought on his behalf against the Pandavas (his brothers) in the Kurukshetra War. Karna fought against misfortune throughout his life and kept his word under all circumstances. It is believed that Karna founded the city of Karnal, in present Haryana. Karna is often quoted for his sacrifice, courage, charity, valour, and selflessness.
Death of Karna: Arjuna attacked Karna from the back and killed him as suggested by Krishna. It was later revealed that Karna could be killed only when all the 3 curses acted together upon him, and this made Krishna employ deceit to kill Karna.
What happened to Karna after his death? Did he go to heaven or hell, or take a rebirth?
The legend behind the observation of this night dates back to the times of the Mahabharata. Karna died after putting up a brave front to the great warrior Arjuna. Following his demise, the angels carried him along to the higher world or heaven.
However, during this journey, Karna found his path strewn with gold, silver and other valuables, but not a morsel of food. This was because he had always given away such valuables in charity, but not food.
Karna felt sorrowful about it and fervently prayed to Yama, the Lord of Death. Pleased with his devotion, Yama blessed Karna with the boon that he can return to earth for these 15 days during the month of Bhadrapada to perform charitable deeds.
Karna then returned to earth and performed annadana (offering food to the needy), vastradana (offering clothes to the needy), and several other charitable deeds for the welfare of the poor. After this, he reached the heavenly abode contented.
The last day of the dark fortnight in the month of Bhadrapada, Mahalaya Amavasya, is known as Pitrpaksha or Mahalayapaksha and the new moon day is called Mahalaya Amavasya. These 15 days are considered to be extremely auspicious for performing obsequial rites to departed souls.
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