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<div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" class="section" sec_index="0" parent="compilation" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2>
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<div id="BG18_0" class="quote" parent="BG_Chapters_1_-_6" book="BG" index="8" link="BG 1.8" link_text="BG 1.8">
<div class="heading">Karṇa is the half brother of Arjuna, as he was born of Kuntī before her marriage with King Pāṇḍu.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 1.8|BG 1.8, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">There are personalities like you, Bhīṣma, Karṇa, Kṛpa, Aśvatthāmā, Vikarṇa and the son of Somadatta called Bhūriśravā, who are always victorious in battle.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>Duryodhana mentions the exceptional heroes in the battle, all of whom are ever victorious. Vikarṇa is the brother of Duryodhana, Aśvatthāmā is the son of Droṇācārya, and Saumadatti, or Bhūriśravā, is the son of the King of the Bāhlīkas. Karṇa is the half brother of Arjuna, as he was born of Kuntī before her marriage with King Pāṇḍu. Kṛpācārya's twin sister married Droṇācārya.</p>
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<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Lectures" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures"><h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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<div id="LectureonSB11550LosAngelesDecember271973_0" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="316" link="Lecture on SB 1.15.50 -- Los Angeles, December 27, 1973" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.15.50 -- Los Angeles, December 27, 1973">
<div class="heading">Karṇa was also Yudhiṣṭhira's brother, born of Kuntī before her marriage.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.15.50 -- Los Angeles, December 27, 1973|Lecture on SB 1.15.50 -- Los Angeles, December 27, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So Karṇa was refused to take part in the sporting, piercing the eyes of the fish, because Draupadī actually knew that "Arjuna is my real husband. So if Karṇa takes part in this sporting..." Karṇa was powerful. He would gain. But she did not like Karṇa. Therefore at that time she said that "This sporting is meant for the kṣatriyas, not for the śūdras." Karṇa was known at that time as śūdra. You will find all these stories in the Mahābhārata. Karṇa was also Yudhiṣṭhira's brother, born of Kuntī before her marriage. So Kuntī did not disclose that Karṇa was her son, but he was raised by a śūdra. People knew that he was a śūdra. So Karṇa had a grudge against Draupadī. Therefore he planned to place her in the gambling game. And when the Pāṇḍavas were lost, now he wanted to retaliate the insult given by Draupadī during her svayaṁvara. So he advised... He was friendly to Duryodhana and brothers. "Now this lady is lost. Now we can deal with her as we like. She is our property." So she was lost. "So I want to see her naked in this assembly." So vastra-haraṇa. You know. But Kṛṣṇa saved her. So Draupadī knows very well Kṛṣṇa. Therefore it is said tadājñāya draupadī ca.</p>
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