According to the legend, there was a king of the Yadava dynasty named Shurasena who had a beautiful young daughter named Pritha (later Kunti).
A rishi (Vedic scholar and seer) named Durvasa visited the king for a lengthy stay and was housed as his palace guest.
Shurasena asked Pritha to ensure that Durvasa's stay was comfortable.
On leaving, having been delighted with his stay and her diligent services, Durvasa thanked her and gave her the Siddha mantra, telling her that if she ever wants, she can invoke any deity to give her a child.

Teenage Pritha became curious, wondered if the mantra would really work and, as the sun rose one morning, she initiated tha mantra through which she could invoke any divine God being to provide her a son.
She called the sun god Surya.
He came with a golden glow, dressed up in jewelry and breastplate, and provided her with her first son.
Pritha felt confused and ashamed, worried what everyone will think and how she will embarrass her family.
At that time, according to Vedic civilization, if a girl gives birth to a child before married are less likely to marry.
So, she put the newborn baby in a padded basket, and set it adrift in the small river Ashvanadi by the palace.

Later Kunti got blessed child  Yudhishtra, Bhima, and Arjuna, using this mantra.
The same mantra was used by Kunti to allow her co-wife, Madri, to conceive Nakula and Sahdeva.
The Spiritua “fathers” of the five Pandavas were Yama (Dharmraj), Vayu, Indra and the twin Ashwini Kumaras.

As the adolescent mother abandons her unwanted child on the river, she laments and the epic verses describe her emotions with heartbreaking poetry, according to the Indologist Patricia Greer.

The basket floats, reaches the river Charmanavati, which carries it to the Yamuna River.
The basket floats on and reaches the Ganges River and on it into the kingdom of Anga (ancient Bengal).
There, it is found by a charioteer's wife Radha, who takes the baby Karna to her husband Adhiratha Nandana.
They adopt him right away and name him Vasushena.
They love him and raise him just like their own son.
While he was growing up, his adopting parents let Karna know that they had found and adopted him.
This knowledge affects Karna, he feels ashamed that he was abandoned, and this frames his sense of self-identity through the epic.

The boy goes to school in Hastinapura, and studies martial arts under the sages Drona, Kripa and the Vishnu avatar Parashurama.
Parashurama also gifted him a bow named Vijaya due to his impressive skills.

3rd Pandava prince Arjuna was Karna's peer and equal.
At school and in episodes where his character appears, he is repeatedly rejected, subjected to ridicule and bullied for being the son of a poor family, and particularly for his low birth.
The boy Karna came to be known for his solitary habits, hard work, pious yoga before Surya every day, compassion and eager generosity to help anyone in need particularly Brahmins, his gift of speech, and for the pursuit of excellence in whatever he did.
Karna is also known as someone who craves for respect, love and attention, who is overly sensitive to criticism, who habitually brags about his skills and martial capabilities, yet is deeply thoughtful and dharmic in critical moments of the epic.
According to the legend, there was a king of the Yadava dynasty named Shurasena who had a beautiful young daughter named Pritha (later Kunti). A rishi (Vedic scholar and seer) named Durvasa visited the king for a lengthy stay and was housed as his palace guest. Shurasena asked Pritha to ensure that Durvasa's stay was comfortable. On leaving, having been delighted with his stay and her diligent services, Durvasa thanked her and gave her the Siddha mantra, telling her that if she ever wants, she can invoke any deity to give her a child.
Teenage Pritha became curious, wondered if the mantra would really work and, as the sun rose one morning, she initiated tha mantra through which she could invoke any divine God being to provide her a son. She called the sun god Surya. He came with a golden glow, dressed up in jewelry and breastplate, and provided her with her first son. Pritha felt confused and ashamed, worried what everyone will think and how she will embarrass her family. At that time, according to Vedic civilization, if a girl gives birth to a child before married are less likely to marry. So, she put the newborn baby in a padded basket, and set it adrift in the small river Ashvanadi by the palace.
Later Kunti got blessed child  Yudhishtra, Bhima, and Arjuna, using this mantra. The same mantra was used by Kunti to allow her co-wife, Madri, to conceive Nakula and Sahdeva. The Spiritua “fathers” of the five Pandavas were Yama (Dharmraj), Vayu, Indra and the twin Ashwini Kumaras.
As the adolescent mother abandons her unwanted child on the river, she laments and the epic verses describe her emotions with heartbreaking poetry, according to the Indologist Patricia Greer.
The basket floats, reaches the river Charmanavati, which carries it to the Yamuna River. The basket floats on and reaches the Ganges River and on it into the kingdom of Anga (ancient Bengal). There, it is found by a charioteer's wife Radha, who takes the baby Karna to her husband Adhiratha Nandana. They adopt him right away and name him Vasushena. They love him and raise him just like their own son. While he was growing up, his adopting parents let Karna know that they had found and adopted him. This knowledge affects Karna, he feels ashamed that he was abandoned, and this frames his sense of self-identity through the epic.
The boy goes to school in Hastinapura, and studies martial arts under the sages Drona, Kripa and the Vishnu avatar Parashurama. Parashurama also gifted him a bow named Vijaya due to his impressive skills.
3rd Pandava prince Arjuna was Karna's peer and equal. At school and in episodes where his character appears, he is repeatedly rejected, subjected to ridicule and bullied for being the son of a poor family, and particularly for his low birth. The boy Karna came to be known for his solitary habits, hard work, pious yoga before Surya every day, compassion and eager generosity to help anyone in need particularly Brahmins, his gift of speech, and for the pursuit of excellence in whatever he did. Karna is also known as someone who craves for respect, love and attention, who is overly sensitive to criticism, who habitually brags about his skills and martial capabilities, yet is deeply thoughtful and dharmic in critical moments of the epic.
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